As many older patients are affected by Clostridium difficile (C.diff) in hospital settings, South...

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Communities around the country are experiencing challenges in preventing substance use. For some ...

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After reducing health care-acquired deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE) in 2011,...

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Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...

September 16th, 2016
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While the implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ venous thromboembolism ...

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With the national focus on decreasing hospital-acquired infections, Massachusetts General Hospita...

February 29th, 2016
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Catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) account for 30-40 percent of the organizati...

February 29th, 2016
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T4P/BREATHE is an inter-professional project created in response to improving patient outcomes an...

February 29th, 2016
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This AHRQ video vignette  illustrates how to engage dialysis patients in infection prevention....

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Falls prevention continues to be a focus on all patient units and is a priority for safe care thr...

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The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...

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Successful implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention protocol demonstrated a 50 percent...

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Central line-associated blood stream infections cause serious patient harm, leading to thousands ...

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Central line-associated blood stream infections cause serious patient harm, leading to thousands ...

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The medical center consistently missed internal quality targets, with a mean HAPU rate for 2007-2...

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The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...

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The goal was to decrease the number of patients negatively affected by experiencing a post-operat...

March 27th, 2015
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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 report highlights nearly 80 evidence-based disease and injury prevention programs. These pro...

October 1st, 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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For the last century, the major causes of disease and death among Americans have changed, shiftin...

November 2nd, 2012
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The following information is a guide of infection prevention recommendations for outpatient (ambu...

September 12th, 2012
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The goal of this program was to reduce the number of Foley catheter-associated urinary tract infe...

June 1st, 2012
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Successful implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention protocol demonstrated a 50 percent...

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Obstructive sleep apnea is an often unrecognized contributing cause for respiratory failure in ho...

June 1st, 2012
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The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...

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A pressure ulcer team was developed and Plan-Do-Study-Act practice was used to focus on process c...

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The aim of this project was to reduce the number of Venous Thromboembolisms acquired during hospi...

June 1st, 2012
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Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...

February 1st, 2012
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Rochester General Hospital formed a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement actions that ...

February 1st, 2012
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Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis...

February 1st, 2012
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Preventing health care-associated infections is a critical step in reducing morbidity and mortali...

February 1st, 2012
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In 2009, St. James Mercy Hospital implemented a new quality and patient safety initiative, Achiev...

February 1st, 2012
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Coney Island Hospital developed a crisis prevention, early intervention, and response team known ...

February 1st, 2012
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This report discusses the strenghts of community disease prevention offers and presents a framewo...

January 1st, 2012
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This certified CME/CE series is designed to heighten the awareness of and adherence to evidence-b...

November 1st, 2011
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The IOM's Roundtable on Health Literacy brings together leaders from the federal government, foun...

November 1st, 2011
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Among the health promotion and cost-control strategies included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...

October 27th, 2011
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Falls prevention monitoring led to a closer look at Mercy Medical Center's acute inpatient rehabi...

October 9th, 2011
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This report outlines promising provisions in the Affordable Care Act to achieve improved health a...

October 1st, 2011
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This report discussses the Center for Disease Control's involvement with Prevention Research Cent...

January 1st, 2011
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This article presents four case studies of effective community and academic partnership that impr...

January 1st, 2011
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The Problem Pneumonia accounts for approximately 15 percent of all hospital-acquired infections ...

October 9th, 2009
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The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...

September 21st, 2009
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