Nurses have always been on the front lines at hospitals providing quality, compassionate care for...

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Mission accomplished, but the work continues. At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in L...

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

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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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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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Learn from the best of the best. The 2013 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® recipients will s...

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At North Shore-LIJ Health System, teamwork is everywhere. This New York health system uses TeamST...

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

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

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

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

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Overcoming transition challenges requires tenacity and teamwork. During a time of transition befo...

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

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Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed ...

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The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...

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The Problem A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...

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The Problem In a 2008 medical staff satisfaction survey, 93 percent of Advocate Good Shepherd ph...

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The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...

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The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...

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The Problem Hazleton General Hospital officials were unhappy with their performance on a number ...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem According to a study published online by Health Affairs on January 15, 2008, the med...

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The Problem The women and infants department's lean journey began in early 2006 when a local hos...

July 31st, 2009
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The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...

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

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