Analyzing contributing factors and implementing targeted, sustainable solutions have helped hospi...

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A vigorous approach to quality improvement at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill., is ac...

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Post-discharge phone calls are best practice, but multiple phone calls can confuse and frustrate ...

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For its excellent work addressing community health needs, Massachusetts General Hospital in Bosto...

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The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...

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

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This year's winners of Health Care's Most Wired Survey are employing information technology to he...

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Diversity and inclusion are key strategic goals at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in cen...

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This paper illustrates ONC’s 10-year vision for advancing health IT capabilities in a manner that...

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Diversity is becoming a key word in health care. Hospitals and health care systems are focusing o...

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This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...

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The concept of the Triple Aim is  widely used, partially because of IHI’s work with many organiza...

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The AHA and the American Medical Association collaborated on this paper to present both physician...

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Project Brotherhood is dedicated to helping Greater New Haven-area men make the healthy lifestyle...

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“Mobility is medicine,” say clinicians and volunteers working together to improve patient care at...

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When hospitals care for victims of violence, it provides a window of opportunity to interrupt the...

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This article from Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, ...

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Change can be uncomfortable. But no matter how sophisticated, hospitals and health care systems n...

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Matching patients with primary care physicians was top priority of this project improvement by th...

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Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviat...

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Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviat...

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A national leader in health care equity, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has developed s...

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Whether cheering for soccer, tennis, baseball, softball or another sport, fans no doubt have witn...

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Since 2010, the academic medical center has been supporting a program to reduce 30-day all cause ...

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October 6 – 12 is Mental Health Awareness Week. According to estimates, in the United States each...

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The case study addresses a hospital-based tobacco cessation initiative that serves patients regar...

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June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...

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Patients may be Christian, Jew, Muslim or of any other religious expression—at Lutheran Medical C...

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From flexible visiting hours to family-centered rounds, hospitals are encouraging patients and fa...

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Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA229 Beds Cambridge Health Alliance is an integrated health...

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Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH577 Beds Cincinnati Children’s Hospit...

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Geisinger Health SystemDanville, PA545 Beds Geisinger Health System is an integrated health serv...

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Georgia Health Sciences Health Augusta, GA632 Beds Georgia Health Sciences Health System consist...

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Helen DeVos Children’s HospitalGrand Rapids, MI212 Beds Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital examined...

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Howard University HospitalWashington, DC266 Beds Howard University Hospital is a private, nonpro...

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Involving everyone from front-line staff to executive committees to home health agencies to patie...

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The vascular access team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta embraced a multidisciplinary approac...

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Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, a 347-bed public hospital in Bronx, N.Y., has establish...

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By "re-engineering"discharge and enhancing communication, The Chester County Hospital, West Chest...

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Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center strives to provide competent, culturally sensitive, high...

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For 18 years, Community House Calls, a UW Medicine program of Harborview Medical Center in Seattl...

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Improving quality of care can go hand in hand with eliminating disparities in care. University of...

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In 2008, Albany Medical Center was one of 18 regional referral neonatal intensive care units to a...

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Barnes-Jewish HospitalSt. Louis, MO1,305 Beds The Problem Barnes-Jewish Hospital created the Cen...

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A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...

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Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...

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Over the past eight years, an interdisciplinary team at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital prioritized...

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Coney Island Hospital developed a crisis prevention, early intervention, and response team known ...

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Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

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Ellis Medicine started this project in April 2010 to reduce readmissions, as readmissions are cli...

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Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...

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Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...

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Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...

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Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

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The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

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Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

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Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...

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Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...

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The advent of computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. The use of CT...

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In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...

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Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...

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Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...

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Children's Mercy Hospitals & ClinicsKansas City, MO265 Beds The Problem The patient population a...

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Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...

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Providing high-quality care to every child has always been the objective at Children's Mercy Hosp...

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Educating staff. Connecting patients to primary care physicians upon discharge. Identifying patie...

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A medical staff that is committed to social justice and a vision statement that includes reducing...

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A medical staff that is committed to social justice and a vision statement that includes reducing...

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The answer is: attracting, retaining and developing the best workforce. The question: What is one...

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Efficient bed placement for patients can mean fewer discharge delays, decreased length of stay an...

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The mission: to eliminate all preventable harm by January 1, 2012. The team leaders: board of dir...

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Transplant recipients are fragile patients, at high risk for infections and fluid and electrolyte...

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"Navigating the rising tide of HACs" is what Baystate Medical Center (BMC) calls this project. A ...

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Salt and a jar of pickles: That's what one HealthEast (St. Paul, Minn.) transition coach found in...

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Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii, used "a novel approach" to ...

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