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The problem faced by the health system was the lack of a coordinated approach for the review and ...
Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...
The goal was to reduce anesthesia's postoperative evaluation errors to less than 10 percent of al...
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...
Turnaround time for immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains in the laboratory of a 500 bed tertiary car...
Limited provider appointment availability in the clinic was causing delays for patients seeking c...
The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...
Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...
Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...
The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...
Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...
Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...
The organization sought to create a root cause analysis (RCA) structure that endowed greater focu...
The goal of this project was to reduce the incidence of contrast-induced neuropathy (CIN) as a re...
Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...
The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...
The organization used Lean Six Sigma process techniques to identify and support improved efficien...
Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...
Patient falls during hospitalization can lead to increased inpatient care costs, decreased patien...
A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...
Surgery case cancellation rates OSF Center for Health were 10.5 percent over six months. This cre...
Citrus Valley Health Partners (CVHP) is a nonprofit comprehensive health care system based in Los...
Mission accomplished, but the work continues. At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in L...
Evidence-based guidelines now support restrictive red blood cell transfusion practices to enhance...
This project aimed to reduce the OR turnover time for total joint cases. Baseline data showed it ...
Utilizing Six Sigma's DMAIC model, this project looked at ways to decrease errors in the document...
Patients discharged to home waited an average of 3.5 hours to complete all of the necessary steps...
Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...
The goal was to reduce the delay in patient care by reducing patient wait times, both from reques...
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...
Medical center evidence pointed to a delay in surgery beyond 48 hours for hip fracture patients a...
Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...
Lean Six Sigma tools were used to reduce pressure ulcers at Memorial Health System, Springfield, ...
The traditional behavioral health access model of calling for an appointment which is subsequentl...
A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...
Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...
The average length of stay for patients undergoing single elective total joint replacement surger...
The Problem The average ED length of stay was 413 minutes (6 hours, 53 minutes). Fourteen percen...