State and regional hospital associations across the United States are recognizing hospitals and h...

March 21st, 2016
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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

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

August 12th, 2014
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Each year, the AHA Committee on Performance Improvement takes an in-depth look at a single topic ...

February 21st, 2014
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The Red Box strategy was created to help reduce cost and health care worker time associated with ...

March 12th, 2013
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University Hospitals Case Medical Center has undergone a decade-long cultural transformation to a...

July 19th, 2012
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The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...

June 1st, 2012
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In this study of 1,421 employees, we examined how different presentations of information affect t...

March 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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In 2006, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation declared a bold vision for patient safety...

February 1st, 2012
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Health Quest uses and benefits from a system wide root cause analysis policy to address adverse a...

February 1st, 2012
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In November 2009, a group of 12 representatives from various areas within Rochester General Healt...

February 1st, 2012
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Hospital IT departments are facing what one executive calls a "tsunami of activities, expectation...

November 16th, 2011
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Just three years ago, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center faced falling quality indicators, staff ...

August 29th, 2011

The Problem MRSA accounts for more than 18,000 deaths annually nationwide, according to the CDC....

August 1st, 2009
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