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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
BackgroundIllinois Valley Community Hospital is a 49-bed, not-for-profit hospital located in Peru...
Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...
The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...
The goal was to reduce anesthesia's postoperative evaluation errors to less than 10 percent of al...
The organization sought to create a root cause analysis (RCA) structure that endowed greater focu...
Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...
Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...
A history as a resource-challenged urban safety net hospital with a high-risk population, a lack ...
In 2013, the facility’s hospital-onset (HO) infection rate for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) ha...
Although episiotomy was once considered a routine part of childbirth, in recent years, there has ...
The prevention of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) is a major focus for health care orga...
Inconsistencies in the discharge process provide an opportunity to standardize that process, redu...
Norwood Hospital is a full-service, 263-bed community hospital in Norwood, Massachusetts. In 2013...
Children’s Hospital Colorado launched a fun, hospital-wide hand hygiene challenge called “Germ Cr...
The premise of this project was that failure to maintain a patient's respect and dignity represen...
Nighttime or off-shift intubations are a low-frequency, high-risk procedure in a community hospit...
This health care system's unique post-acute care (PAC) continuum of Inpatient Rehabilitation Faci...
Patients discharged to home waited an average of 3.5 hours to complete all of the necessary steps...
The feeling of being truly cared for leaves a lasting impression and aids in the healing process....
The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...
Sharing best practices and facilitating peer-to-peer learning were core elements of the AHA/HRET ...
Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, a 237-bed facility in Orlando, Florida, used best practices and peer-to...
Hospital Menonita de Aibonito, a 150-bed facility in Aibonito, Puerto Rico, used best practices a...
Hospital Menonita de Cayey, a 208-bed facility in Cayey, Puerto Rico, used best practices and pee...
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital, a 184-bed facility in Elgin, Illinois, examined quality metrics t...
St. Catherine Hospital, a 189-bed facility in East Chicago, Indiana, used best practices and peer...
St. John's Hospital, a 431-bed facility in Springfield, Illinois, used best practices and peer-to...
UConn John Dempsey Hospital, a 174-bed facility in Farmington, Connecticut, used best practices a...
Founded in 1912, MedStar St. Mary's Hospital serves the people of St. Mary's County, Maryland. A ...
This case study explains Barnes-Jewish Hospital's approach to training it 4,100 team members thr...
This case study looks at he Joint Commission's recommendation related to culturally and linguisti...
n 2008, Barnes-Jewish Hospital center for diversity and cultural competence developed an 18-hourc...
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH577 Beds Cincinnati Children’s Hospit...
Helen DeVos Children’s HospitalGrand Rapids, MI212 Beds Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital examined...
Ryhov HospitalJönköping, Sweden Ryhov Hospital is a county hospital in Jönköping, Sweden, with a...
The Kishwaukee Community Hospital nurses and physicians recognized the opportunity to improve car...
The aim of this project was to reduce the number of Venous Thromboembolisms acquired during hospi...
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 ...
Traditionally, primary care physicians maintain chief responsibility for treating their criticall...
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...
The ProblemFlowers wanted to improve its performance on the 28 quality measures that are featured...