St. Joseph Health, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, a 208-bed hospital in Napa, California, is...

March 7th, 2016
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Engaging patients and families in health care can help hospitals achieve the Triple Aim: better c...

August 11th, 2014
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Care for people with multiple chronic health conditions is often fragmented, resulting in increas...

July 11th, 2014
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The heart failure quality improvement team set out to improve scores on heart failure core measur...

March 12th, 2013
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A team was created to ensure that all patients regardless of race, ethnicity, language, disabilit...

March 6th, 2013
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Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH577 Beds Cincinnati Children’s Hospit...

January 1st, 2013
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Helen DeVos Children’s HospitalGrand Rapids, MI212 Beds Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital examined...

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Engaging and training diabetes patients is helping to change and save lives. Here's how: Rowan Re...

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Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...

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In response to an increase in fall-related injuries in its skilled nursing facility, Champlain Va...

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

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

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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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Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, Kirkland, Wash., implemented best practices in patient flow bu...

June 21st, 2010
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For expectant mothers at risk for childbirth complications, the OB assist team at Abington (Pa.) ...

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

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At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...

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The Problem While all facitilites aspire to limit the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumon...

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The Problem Bronson's patient safety committee appointed a task force to look at medication erro...

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The Problem Carolina Medical Center-Mercy worked on patient throughput in its ED, while developi...

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