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At the 7th Biennial Joanna Briggs International Colloquium in Chicago this fall, Kathi Patterson,...
When Olean (NY) General Hospital decided to improve medication management by using technology, it...
While many health care-acquired infections are transmitted by personal contact due to poor hand h...
Given economic and industry trends related to the worldwide financial markets, the nation's econo...
This report discusses the process of conducting a Health Impact Assessment and proposes a busines...
Rarely does an orthopedic physician discuss information workflow with an ER doc, but at Regions H...
Making cleanliness everyone's responsibility was part of an infection control and patient safety ...
At the AHA/Health Forum Leadership Summit in July, David Pryor, M.D., chief medical officer for S...
This multi-case study describes how eight hospitals used Lean Six Sigma to examine and improve wo...
The Urgency of Health System Reforms to Ensure Respect for Patients' Wishes and Accou...
When an employee found directions in her hospital?s emergency department?with directions to other...
Quality improvement and transparency go hand in hand, David Ballard, M.D., senior vice president ...
After reading many success stories about hospitals streamlining and improving patient flow in the...
Joseph Betancourt, M.D., director of multicultural education for Massachusetts General Hospital i...
Alegent Health, a 10-hospital system based in Nebraska and Southwestern Iowa, wanted an electroni...
After defining patient-centered medical homes, this report discusses particular opportunities and...
The article discusses how the Beacon community program has leveraged health information technolog...
The medical standard for timely angioplasty was 90 minutes door to balloon. The average for Lehi...
The medical standard for timely angioplasty was 90 minutes door to balloon. The average for Lehi...
Senior leaders at Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, knew the system's community-acq...
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed i...
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed ...
Abington Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from the chie...
Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from th...
When Poudre Valley Health System, based in Fort Collins, Colo., started using bedside medication ...
A wrong-site surgery on a toe was the catalyst for a comprehensive new surgical time-out initiati...
Seamless, effective patient handoffs are a critical piece of any hospital?s patient safety framew...
For many hospitals, the road to improved quality often begins with transparency, where unexpected...
This compendium of guides, reports, and toolkits provides a wealth of actionable resources to hel...
The federal health reform legislation includes several demonstration projects that will be held i...
A key ingredient for success under health care reform will be the ability to utilize health infor...
The Problem Administrative burdens and inefficient processes left nurses spending just one-third...
As hospitals and health systems adjust to a new health care environment, quality performance and ...
Moving from a paper world to an electronic one is an "evolution," says Marcy Stoots, RN, director...
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, Kirkland, Wash., implemented best practices in patient flow bu...
For expectant mothers at risk for childbirth complications, the OB assist team at Abington (Pa.) ...
Texas Health Resources, a 14-hospital system based in Arlington, wanted to not only reduce ventil...
The report focuses on the overall concept of ACOs. And also provides special focus on the specifi...
This guide communicates the idea that workforce and human resource practices can positively impac...
For executive leaders at Catholic Healthcare Partners, Cincinnati, patient safety is an issue to ...
ED bottlenecks are common problems in hospitals causing excessive wait times, decreasing patient ...
Reducing preventable harm by half is a lofty goal for any hospital, let alone a large, integrated...
Reducing preventable harm by half is a lofty goal for any hospital, let alone a large, integrated...
When Katherine Herrmann, the clinical quality facilitator at Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, w...
This article addresses health care innovations that can help improve population and meet future h...
When the Infection Prevention and Control Department of Medical Center of McKinney in McKinney, T...
Presented by Eric A. Coleman, MD, this webinar addressed proposed changes in how hospitals are r...
At Columbia St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee, discharge planning truly begins at admission. Care te...
As the automobile industry in Flint, Mich., has declined, area residents have faced significant s...
Reducing patient readmissions is both a critical patient safety need and a growing financial conc...