As identified in its 2014 Culture of Safety survey, the hospital’s overall mean score for the sta...

September 16th, 2016
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Throughout the country, primary care is faced with ongoing waves of healthcare reform (e.g. Accou...

February 29th, 2016
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Education that increases awareness is one of the best ways to transform health outcomes. But, as ...

September 1st, 2015

July 2009-October 2011 baseline data for the blood culture contamination rate in the ED showed it...

June 8th, 2015
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The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...

June 8th, 2015
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Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident ca...

May 29th, 2015
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Lexington Regional Health Center, a 25-bed facility in Lexington, Nebraska, used best practices a...

February 5th, 2015
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Lean transformation means improved patient care, employee satisfaction and reduced costs as MSHA ...

October 1st, 2013
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On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...

September 16th, 2013
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This case study looks at he Joint Commission's recommendation related to culturally and linguisti...

March 12th, 2013
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A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...

June 1st, 2012
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Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...

February 1st, 2012
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In 2006, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation declared a bold vision for patient safety...

February 1st, 2012
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Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...

February 1st, 2012
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