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43,750: That’s the number of fall injuries the CMS Partnership for Patients campaign estimates wo...
In 2008 Don Berwick, Tom Nolan, and John Whittington first described the triple aim of simultaneo...
Health care professionals whose focus is on patient safety are very familiar with these alarming ...
Involving everyone from front-line staff to executive committees to home health agencies to patie...
AbstractBackground: Handover practices at hospital discharge are relatively under-researched, par...
It is widely recognized that there is more work needed to eliminate preventable harm in the U.S. ...
The American Organization of Nurse Executives is the national organization of nurses who design, ...
Objective: To understand factors leading to all-cause 30-day readmissions in a community hospital...
Standardization of blood utilization practices could provide opportunity for improved outcomes, r...
Readmission rates to U.S. hospitals are high, often because of poor care transitions. Serious adv...
The survey was sent by email to over 630,000 physicians (approximately 84 percent of all physicia...
A loading dose is an initial dose of medication administered to rapidly achieve therapeutic level...
Considering the evolution of measures designed to prevent nosocomial pneumonia, it makes clinical...
As health care facilities continually look to strengthen their falls prevention programs and resp...
Rob Olson, MD, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Bellingham, Wash., sold his solo practice when he ...
Seasonal influenza remains a serious public health concern. According to the CDC, seasonal influe...
Every four years, the Olympic Games recognize athletes on a quest to be the best in their chosen ...
Though more work needs to be done, our nation's hospitals are making advancements in providing qu...
The Kishwaukee Community Hospital nurses and physicians recognized the opportunity to improve car...
At Franciscan St. James Health, the nursery had the highest rate of "zero" orders (orders not on ...
Obstructive sleep apnea is an often unrecognized contributing cause for respiratory failure in ho...
Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...
The aim of this project was to reduce the number of Venous Thromboembolisms acquired during hospi...
Occupying a five-block campus on Chicago's west side and serving an area that stretches about 15 ...
This list was created by the AAAAI executive committee. The goal is to identify items: common in ...
The American College of Cardiology asked its standing clinical councils to recommend between thre...
Enriching. That's how AnMed Health views the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity of its ...
Adoption of rapid response teams has grown dramatically in hospital settings. Despite limited evi...
This toolkit is designed to help your hospital understand the Quality Indicators from AHRQ, and s...
This commentary describes a template to standardize handoff education to drive safety improvement.
Improving quality of care can go hand in hand with eliminating disparities in care. University of...
Early elective deliveries have been proven to increase the risk of adverse health outcomes post d...
Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...
The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...
Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...
St. Mary's Healthcare has an obligation to protect patients from harm and preventing adverse effe...
North Bronx Healthcare Network devised a process to analyze its departmental risk management data...
Alice Hyde Medical Center's new program is designed to ensure safe medication administration in t...
The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2012 User Comparative Database Report provides res...
This study found that pharmacist-led medication reconciliation in primary care settings identifie...
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...
Aurora Health CareMilwaukee, WI The Problem Aurora Health Care is a nonprofit, integrated delive...