Like many hospitals, SBH Health System uses the computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system. ...

February 2nd, 2017
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Because the medical center’s lost charge capture related to IV injection and infusions totaled $8...

September 16th, 2016
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Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...

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Turnaround time for immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains in the laboratory of a 500 bed tertiary car...

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The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...

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Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...

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This project has decreased cycle time for medication reconciliation at time of admission and for ...

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The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...

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Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...

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The organization used both discrete event and live simulation methodologies to ensure the smooth ...

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The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...

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Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...

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The utilization review staff at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital examines medical records for inpati...

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A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...

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Surgery case cancellation rates OSF Center for Health were 10.5 percent over six months. This cre...

September 16th, 2016
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Outpatient registration at OSF Center for Health required patients to stand in line for extended ...

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Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center established the Quality Excellence Council at the beg...

June 23rd, 2015
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National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

June 10th, 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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The Problem--Emergency departments were at capacity or beyond it, extending wait times. This resu...

April 1st, 2015
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Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...

March 31st, 2015
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Strengthening - Treatment - Outcomes - Patients Elmhurst Hospital Center participated in develop...

October 9th, 2014
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The patient experience as measured by patient satisfaction scores is an organizational goal. In t...

July 11th, 2014
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St. Joseph Regional Health Center went on a Lean journey to not only save money, but improve the ...

March 17th, 2014
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Lean transformation means improved patient care, employee satisfaction and reduced costs as MSHA ...

October 1st, 2013
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The Florida Hospital Association highlights its quality improvement initiatives with several repo...

September 17th, 2013

On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...

September 16th, 2013
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Southeastern Health, Lumberton, N.C. 452 beds 16,000 impatient admissions 76,000 emergency d...

August 30th, 2013
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St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn. 396 licensed beds Full-service teaching hospi...

August 30th, 2013
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Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (Glendale, Wis.) 11 hospitals, 70 clinic sites, three long-term ...

August 30th, 2013
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Wrangell Medical CenterWrangell, AK22 Beds The Problem Wrangell Medical Center is located in Wra...

June 1st, 2013

Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital and Northern Counties Health Care, Inc.,  have had a long-...

May 13th, 2013
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Data suggests that the hospital has a three year (2006-2009) CHF readmission average of 24.2 perc...

March 31st, 2013
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An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

March 27th, 2013
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Emergency department overcrowding has created patient throughput challenges with 2012 volume alre...

March 25th, 2013
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Preoperative/procedure testing for surgical, cardiac catheterization and scheduled C-section pati...

March 25th, 2013
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After acknowledging that medication errors were on the rise, the facility implemented computerize...

March 12th, 2013
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Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...

March 12th, 2013
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Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...

March 6th, 2013
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Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...

March 6th, 2013
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An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...

March 6th, 2013
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Sentara HealthcareNorfolk, VA Sentara Healthcare is a nonprofit health care system headquartered...

January 1st, 2013
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Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...

November 1st, 2012
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A strong collaboration among senior leadership, governance and the medical staff at Meriter Hospi...

July 19th, 2012
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After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

June 1st, 2012
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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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Excess days were identified as an area for improvement due to the disparity between hospitals wit...

June 1st, 2012
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A Lean project to address why physicians were not receiving lab results in a timely manner was im...

June 1st, 2012
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This Lean project focused on improving processes in central sterile processing. All processes for...

June 1st, 2012
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Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...

June 1st, 2012
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