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While much work has been done in the hospital setting, patient falls continue to be a problem. As...
Reducing and eliminating patient harm are at the forefront of patient safety and continue to be a...
This project addresses the health care system's strategic initiative to ensure interdisciplinary ...
The hospital identified an opportunity to improve its discharge planning process to allow more ti...
Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...
The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...
Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...
Hospital readmissions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failu...
The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...
Advance care planning is a critical element of wellness for all adult patients, regardless of dia...
Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...
Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...
The goal of this project was to reduce the incidence of contrast-induced neuropathy (CIN) as a re...
The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...
The health system did not have an adequate process for notifying staff when a patient was on cont...
In 2013, the facility’s hospital-onset (HO) infection rate for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) ha...
The project focused on managing sepsis in the emergency department and in admitted patients, with...
The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...
This project involves raising awareness and expanding the palliative care program at HSHS St. Joh...
Inconsistencies in the discharge process provide an opportunity to standardize that process, redu...
The AHA's Physician Leadership Forum and Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative have relea...
An integrated health system headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Avera Health serves patie...
Based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Gundersen Health System is an integrated tertiary referral center ...
Throughout the country, primary care is faced with ongoing waves of healthcare reform (e.g. Accou...
For patients, the transition between acute and post-acute care is rife with risk. Even with moder...
Mercy Medical Center committed to delivering the highest quality care with the greatest efficienc...
As part of the efforts to ensure that all primary care practices across the network are recognize...
Telemedicine, successfully used in many areas of medicine, has yet to be evaluated during the reh...
The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) developed this compendium to link patient and fami...
Overcoming language barriers with patients improves communication, a critical element of safety a...
Patient and family engagement is associated with fewer adverse events, lower health care costs, d...
Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...
North Shore University Hospital’s palliative care unit emphasizes quality of life by providing pa...
The Bridge Model improves transitions of care by utilizing master’s-educated social workers in a ...
Antibiotic stewardship was implemented in 2011 and focuses on five "D's": Drug, De-escalation of ...
Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs direct judicious antimicrobial use to optimize patient outcome...
The medical center consistently missed internal quality targets, with a mean HAPU rate for 2007-2...
The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...
Reduction in the use of fluoroquinolones is an important intervention for antimicrobial stewardsh...
The Wisconsin Quality of Life Index is a multidimensional model for measuring patients’ quality o...
St. John's implemented a web-based business intelligence platform that integrates physician quali...
The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...
South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, N.Y., focused on educating patients with chronic co...
The project began with a focus on CHF readmissions. As the multidisciplinary team saw decreases i...
April is National Minority Health Month. In 2011, the AHA and four partners formed Equity of Care...
Garfield Medical Center, a 210-bed facility in Monterey, California, used best practices and peer...
Hospital Menonita de Cayey, a 208-bed facility in Cayey, Puerto Rico, used best practices and pee...
Most hospitals collect race, ethnicity and language data, but a smaller percentage use the data i...
Founded in 1912, MedStar St. Mary's Hospital serves the people of St. Mary's County, Maryland. A ...
This handy visual aid illustrates the main points from "2013 Diversity and Disparities: A Benchma...
Saint Anthony Health Center, Alton, Ill., took a hard look at data from its cancer program and fo...
This infographic provides a sample of the findings from the 2013 Diversity and Disparities: A Ben...
Many Medicare patients with life-limiting illnesses had no documented advanced directive while in...
This updated chartpack offers a snapshot of some common strategies used to improve the quality of...
A gap analysis was conducted. Key themes emerged in this analysis such as inadequate preparation ...
Crossroad Health Center is a federally qualified health center and level 3 patient-centered medic...
All practices participating in Better Health Greater Cleveland collect and submit data on patient...
This viewpoint article examines the barriers to improving health outcomes, eliminating disparitie...
Pinnacle Health System Harrisburg, PA599 Beds The Problem Health systems are no longer simply as...