Teamwork champions on a diverse change team: These were key as The MetroHealth System in Clevelan...

August 17th, 2015
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Health care teams that communicate effectively reduce the potential for human error, resulting in...

June 18th, 2015
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July 2009-October 2011 baseline data for the blood culture contamination rate in the ED showed it...

June 8th, 2015
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The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...

June 8th, 2015
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The only acceptable number of avoidable patient harms is zero. At Ponca City (Okla.) Medical Cent...

March 9th, 2015

Lexington Regional Health Center, a 25-bed facility in Lexington, Nebraska, used best practices a...

February 5th, 2015
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The culture of an organization can actively support the commitment of its workforce by providing ...

August 12th, 2014
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On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...

September 16th, 2013
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Written by HRET staff member Cynthia Hedges Greising and AHA-NPSF Comprehensive Patient Safety Fe...

February 7th, 2013
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A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...

June 1st, 2012
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In 2006, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation declared a bold vision for patient safety...

February 1st, 2012
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Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...

February 1st, 2012
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The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2012 User Comparative Database Report provides res...

January 1st, 2012
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The report provides: Background on health and wellness programs and how they are incentivized ...

January 1st, 2011
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At the AHA/Health Forum Leadership Summit in July, David Pryor, M.D., chief medical officer for S...

November 1st, 2010
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For many hospitals, the road to improved quality often begins with transparency, where unexpected...

July 12th, 2010
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