Never underestimate the power of data. Hannibal (Mo.) Regional Hospital focused on collecting and...

December 16th, 2013
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Preventing hospital-acquired infections, reducing surgical complications and reducing readmission...

December 9th, 2013
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A “simple” complex plan is reducing readmissions at Wythe County Community Hospital, a 100-bed fa...

November 25th, 2013
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Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals and health systems that have...

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

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Teamwork between infection control and environmental services professionals at Hunterdon Medical ...

October 21st, 2013

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

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Goal-Save lives, reduce suffering and lower costs related to complications of surgery. Developed...

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Goal-Reduce and prevent medical errors by adopting best practices and procedures. The Patient Sa...

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The Florida Hospital Association highlights its quality improvement initiatives with several repo...

September 17th, 2013

This report highlights five years of quality improvement among Florida hospitals. It highlights "...

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On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...

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

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

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Zero is an important number at Broward Health North. The 409-bed community hospital in Deerfield ...

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The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality prize honors hospitals that have a committed in a systemic man...

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It is both a sprint and a marathon.” That's how a team at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor,...

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Only a small percentage of patients develop a health care-associated infection after surgery, and...

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This guide describes a three-step action plan from the On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI project that helps...

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Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the flagship publication of the AHA, has put together a web...

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Doctors Hospital of Manteca/Tenet HealthcareManteca, CABeds: 73 The ProblemRealizing high-alert ...

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This webinar highlights the upcoming HPOE action guide, "Eliminating Catheter-Associated Urinary ...

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The Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Networks are designed to improve patient care ac...

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The aviation industry has successfully used checklists to ensure safe air travel for passengers a...

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Throughout the past decade, there has been a substantial increase in the national frequency of po...

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New Ulm Medical CenterNew Ulm, MN45 Beds The Problem New Ulm Medical Center, a critical access h...

June 1st, 2013

Holy Cross Hospital could be characterized as an emergency department with critical care units. T...

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Think of all the instruments, equipment and furniture in a hospital operating room. Any of these ...

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Improving discharge can reap multiple benefits for patients and providers, including reducing rea...

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More than 64 million surgeries are performed annually in the United States. Preventing surgical s...

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There were between 462,000 and 636,000 CLABSIs in nonneonatal critical care patients in the Unite...

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

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Patients admitted to a hospital for one condition—congestive heart failure, for example—are typic...

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Using FOCUS-PDCA, the hospital identified an opportunity to decrease the 30 day readmission rate ...

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Data suggests that the hospital has a three year (2006-2009) CHF readmission average of 24.2 perc...

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

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According to Leapfrog survey results, the hospital’s rate of elective deliveries prior to 39 week...

March 26th, 2013
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According to Leapfrog survey results, the hospital’s rate of elective deliveries prior to 39 week...

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In December 2009, the medical center embarked on a little known and practiced procedure in the Un...

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 HPOE is pleased to highlight case studies from the Illinois Hospital Association’s Institute f...

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In 2009, the leadership team of this hospital empowered its multidisciplinary critical care commi...

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

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Good patient/provider communication correlates with greater patient satisfaction, increased patie...

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Transforming organizations, such as academic health centers or teaching hospitals, toward creatin...

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

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A nurse-driven protocol was implemented to increase the staff’s awareness on the appropriate indi...

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After identification of an opportunity to reduce CAUTIs, leadership headed an initiative to reduc...

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The hospital joined the On the CUSP: Stop BSI  collaborative offered by IHA. The focus was on CLA...

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Central line-associated bloodstream infections continued to occur in the adult ICU despite the im...

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In October 2010, Memorial Medical Center implemented an intervention “bundle” designed to reduce ...

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A hospital study was conducted to evaluate the practicality and effectiveness of UV light as a ge...

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The Red Box strategy was created to help reduce cost and health care worker time associated with ...

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Harm/hospital-acquired condition reports were sent to each hospital. In reviewing both campuses, ...

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To reduce the time to first dose of antibiotics to directly admitted pediatric oncology patients ...

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

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The heart failure quality improvement team set out to improve scores on heart failure core measur...

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

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The purpose of the project was to improve the recognition and early goal directed treatment of pa...

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The critical care unit identified VAP as an area for improvement, with three VAPs from May-July 2...

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

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Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...

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The PICC team was created in March 2010 after the facility had documented an increase in PICC-ass...

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The medical center’s mission was to reduce the C. difficile rate from 26.7 cases per 10,000 patie...

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In late January 2012, pharmacists began reviewing potential pneumonia patients using a screening ...

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Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...

March 6th, 2013
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An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...

March 6th, 2013
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Development of a Norwood Clinic allowed the quality improvement team to create goals to decrease ...

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Infants born to mothers electively at a gestational age of 37-39 weeks are more likely to develop...

March 1st, 2013
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Does your hospital huddle? Staff in the medical-surgical unit at Fairbanks (AK) Memorial Hospital...

February 25th, 2013
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The glycemic collaborative is an ongoing, multidisciplinary initiative developed to improve blood...

February 13th, 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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Central line-associated bloodstream infections cause serious illness and death. Front-line caregi...

January 28th, 2013
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The 2012 AHA Committee on Performance Improvement focused on advanced illness management. Well-de...

January 23rd, 2013
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Methodist Le Bonheur HealthcareMemphis, TN1,321 Beds The Congregational Health Network is a part...

January 1st, 2013
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Griffin HospitalDerby, CT160 Beds Griffin Hospital is the flagship hospital for Planetree, Inc.,...

January 1st, 2013