Washington Heights, a community impacted by 770 cases of domestic violence a day, now has the Fam...

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Restraint documentation was a challenge at the hospital for multiple reasons, including the imple...

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Because the medical center’s lost charge capture related to IV injection and infusions totaled $8...

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The problem faced by the health system was the lack of a coordinated approach for the review and ...

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

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The medical center has made significant progress in improving physician-patient communication thr...

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

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Inconsistencies in the discharge process provide an opportunity to standardize that process, redu...

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The blood bank relocated to a new hospital facility while the labor and delivery (L&D) unit remai...

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Codman Square Health Center in downtown Dorchester, MA exemplifies how a health center can build ...

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Children’s Hospital Colorado launched a fun, hospital-wide hand hygiene challenge called “Germ Cr...

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CDMHC’s innovative programs divert hundreds of patients from the hospitals and emergency departme...

November 10th, 2015
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Evidence-based guidelines now support restrictive red blood cell transfusion practices to enhance...

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Utilizing Six Sigma's DMAIC model, this project looked at ways to decrease errors in the document...

October 6th, 2015
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In 2008, the two hospital systems partnered with the city of Whittier, the YMCA of Greater Whitti...

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This New York Times blog was written by a resident in internal medicine at Massachusetts General ...

July 1st, 2015
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The goal was to reduce errors in failure to document stop time for IV infusions to zero. Along wi...

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The goal was to reduce errors in failure to document stop time for IV infusions to zero. Along wi...

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Antibiotic stewardship was implemented in 2011 and focuses on five "D's": Drug, De-escalation of ...

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Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs direct judicious antimicrobial use to optimize patient outcome...

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The goal was to reduce the delay in patient care by reducing patient wait times, both from reques...

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Medical center evidence pointed to a delay in surgery beyond 48 hours for hip fracture patients a...

June 9th, 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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Human trafficking is a modern form of slavery. Victims are subjected to force, fraud or coercion ...

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This articles explores how HealthPartners decided to target nonclinical determinants of populatio...

August 1st, 2013
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As the U.S. population ages and the number of Americans impacted by obesity and diabetes increase...

December 1st, 2012
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At hospital shift changes, doctors and nurses exchange crucial information about the patients the...

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Health plans and Medicare are using cost profiles to identify which physicians account for more h...

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AbstractBackground: Handover practices at hospital discharge are relatively under-researched, par...

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Purpose: To explore surgeons' perceptions of the factors that influence their intraoperative deci...

October 10th, 2012
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Background: Little information exists about what primary care physicians and patients experience ...

October 2nd, 2012
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A recent article from the Los Angeles Times looks at how the traditional doctor-patient relations...

September 13th, 2012
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A loading dose is an initial dose of medication administered to rapidly achieve therapeutic level...

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An article on the SF Gate website profiles the new wave of medical school graduates, millennial a...

September 3rd, 2012
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This study advocates for a highly structured electronic health record with real-time alerts and d...

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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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This commentary describes a template to standardize handoff education to drive safety improvement.

February 22nd, 2012
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With unique culture trends and stringent regulatory obligations, patient care units are often cha...

February 1st, 2012
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Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

February 1st, 2012
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For the past three years, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center has been develop...

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To reduce the incidence and spread of hospitalacquired infections in two critical operational nod...

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In 2005, Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center's leadership directed implementation of ...

February 1st, 2012
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This study used written portfolios to capture reflective learning that trainees described about t...

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This paper explores the current limits of primary care in the US, looks at illustrative models th...

November 1st, 2011
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"We will open the doors." This was no magic incantation. Instead, the critical care unit at Virgi...

July 18th, 2011
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To expertly execute a dribble handoff in basketball, communication between teammates is key. How ...

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To expertly execute a dribble handoff in basketball, communication between teammates is key. How ...

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This study examined SSDI applications between 2005 and 2006, focusing on a "natural experiment" t...

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Seamless, effective patient handoffs are a critical piece of any hospital?s patient safety framew...

July 19th, 2010
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As the automobile industry in Flint, Mich., has declined, area residents have faced significant s...

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The Problem Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is one of the most dangerous antibiotic-resistant ba...

September 1st, 2009
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The content of this best-practices guide, and the process by which it was assembled, are emblemat...

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The ProblemUrinary tract infections are the most common infections in hospitals. The majority are...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Advocate Lutheran General Hospital admits 32 percent of its emergency department pat...

July 1st, 2009
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