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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Like many hospitals, SBH Health System uses the computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system. ...
Because the medical center’s lost charge capture related to IV injection and infusions totaled $8...
Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...
Turnaround time for immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains in the laboratory of a 500 bed tertiary car...
The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...
Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...
This project has decreased cycle time for medication reconciliation at time of admission and for ...
The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...
Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...
The organization used both discrete event and live simulation methodologies to ensure the smooth ...
The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...
Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...
The utilization review staff at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital examines medical records for inpati...
A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...
Surgery case cancellation rates OSF Center for Health were 10.5 percent over six months. This cre...
Outpatient registration at OSF Center for Health required patients to stand in line for extended ...
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center established the Quality Excellence Council at the beg...
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...
Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident ca...
The Problem--Emergency departments were at capacity or beyond it, extending wait times. This resu...
Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...
Strengthening - Treatment - Outcomes - Patients Elmhurst Hospital Center participated in develop...
The patient experience as measured by patient satisfaction scores is an organizational goal. In t...
St. Joseph Regional Health Center went on a Lean journey to not only save money, but improve the ...
Lean transformation means improved patient care, employee satisfaction and reduced costs as MSHA ...
The Florida Hospital Association highlights its quality improvement initiatives with several repo...
On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...
Southeastern Health, Lumberton, N.C. 452 beds 16,000 impatient admissions 76,000 emergency d...
St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn. 396 licensed beds Full-service teaching hospi...
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (Glendale, Wis.) 11 hospitals, 70 clinic sites, three long-term ...
Wrangell Medical CenterWrangell, AK22 Beds The Problem Wrangell Medical Center is located in Wra...
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital and Northern Counties Health Care, Inc., have had a long-...
Data suggests that the hospital has a three year (2006-2009) CHF readmission average of 24.2 perc...
An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...
Emergency department overcrowding has created patient throughput challenges with 2012 volume alre...
Preoperative/procedure testing for surgical, cardiac catheterization and scheduled C-section pati...
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...
Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...
Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...
An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...
Sentara HealthcareNorfolk, VA Sentara Healthcare is a nonprofit health care system headquartered...
Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...
A strong collaboration among senior leadership, governance and the medical staff at Meriter Hospi...
After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...
A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...
Excess days were identified as an area for improvement due to the disparity between hospitals wit...
A Lean project to address why physicians were not receiving lab results in a timely manner was im...
This Lean project focused on improving processes in central sterile processing. All processes for...
Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...
Customer satisfaction performance is a hospital strategic goal. Marianjoy's inpatient satisfactio...
The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...
A pressure ulcer team was developed and Plan-Do-Study-Act practice was used to focus on process c...
Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...
The Brooklyn Hospital Center formed a multidisciplinary rapid response team in 2009 to respond to...
Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...
Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...
With unique culture trends and stringent regulatory obligations, patient care units are often cha...
Continuum Health Partners' pay-for performance program (P4P) is designed to partner with physici...
The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...
Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...
For 18 months, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center implemented several interve...
Although electronic reporting systems for near misses and adverse events have been implemented na...
For the past three years, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center has been develop...
As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...
For more than ten years, St. Elizabeth Medical Center has focused on length of stay and resource ...
This project was initiated by David Lyons, Director of Respiratory Therapy at St. Francis Hospita...
Strong Memorial Hospital adopted barcode medication administration technology to reduce the incid...
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...
In response to an increase in fall-related injuries in its skilled nursing facility, Champlain Va...
Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center created the hospital point of dispensing (HPOD) t...
NuHealth Nassau University Medical Center identified central line-associated blood stream infecti...
Rochester General Hospital formed a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement actions that ...
St. Joseph's Hospital of Elmira implemented a comprehensive antibiotic usage program beginning Ma...