Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...

After reducing health care-acquired deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE) in 2011,...

Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...

The goal of this project was to standardize protocols for controlling patient pain following tota...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...

Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...

Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...

The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...

Administration of medications is one of the most error-prone stages in the medication use process...

The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) developed this compendium to link patient and fami...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals that demonstrate progress in achieving ...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals that demonstrate progress in achieving ...

Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...

In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...

This AHRQ video vignette  illustrates how to engage dialysis patients in infection prevention....

Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...

Read about how patient and family engagement practices are related to patient experiences. This s...

This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...

The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...

The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...

SMH was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative designed to improve quality, effi...

A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...

Variation and delays in the early mobilization of patients in the ICU can result in an increased ...

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...

This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

Hospital Menonita de Aibonito, a 150-bed facility in Aibonito, Puerto Rico, used best practices a...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize annually honors hospitals and health systems that contin...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize annually honors hospitals and health systems that contin...

The culture of an organization can actively support the commitment of its workforce by providing ...

A gap analysis was conducted. Key themes emerged in this analysis such as inadequate preparation ...

There is a need for greater understanding of the factors that lead to improved process quality an...

Preventing hospital-acquired infections, reducing surgical complications and reducing readmission...

Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals and health systems that have...

Eliminating hospital-acquired infections, preventing patient falls, reducing preventable readmiss...

Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals and health systems that have...

Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network GoalsReduce patient harm by 40 percent and ...

The Collaborative on Reducing Hospital Readmissions GoalUnderstand readmission causes and adopt ...

Ensuring the highest quality for patient care means continuously reviewing processes and outcomes...

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

The hospital was experiencing higher costs and lower quality care than its competitors based on d...

After several monthly reviews of reported adverse drug events, hypoglycemia ranked highest for th...

After acknowledging that medication errors were on the rise, the facility implemented computerize...

Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...

Effective care transitions programs can do more than improve patient care: patients learn to mana...

An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...

The 2012 AHA Committee on Performance Improvement focused on advanced illness management. Well-de...

The 2012 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality award winners and finalists are highlighted in this webin...

Barriers and Strategies for Overcoming Them To identify the barriers to implementation and the s...

Background In October 2008, CMS discontinued additional payments for certain hospital-acquired c...

Background: Despite increasing recognition that patients could play an important role in promotin...

This study advocates for a highly structured electronic health record with real-time alerts and d...

Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...

After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...

A multidisciplinary perioperative safety team was formed focused on improving perioperative asses...

Obstructive sleep apnea is an often unrecognized contributing cause for respiratory failure in ho...

The OSF cardiac service line implemented a STEMI Improvement project to identify obstacles that c...

Resurrection Medical Center had a percutaneous coronary intervention within 90 minutes compliance...

The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...

Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...

In this study of 1,421 employees, we examined how different presentations of information affect t...

At the end of the second quarter of 2010, The Brooklyn Hospital Center identified that only four ...

Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

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

Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...

In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...

Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...

In November 2009, a group of 12 representatives from various areas within Rochester General Healt...

Falls increased in Thompson Health's inpatient areas in 2009 and 2010, and the number of falls wa...

In 2005, Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center's leadership directed implementation of ...