The vascular access team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta embraced a multidisciplinary approac...

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Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center strives to provide competent, culturally sensitive, high...

July 19th, 2012
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Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...

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A patient care initiative was created to eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ...

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In 2008, Albany Medical Center was one of 18 regional referral neonatal intensive care units to a...

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Alice Hyde Medical Center's new program is designed to ensure safe medication administration in t...

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Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...

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Barnes-Jewish HospitalSt. Louis, MO1,305 Beds The Problem Barnes-Jewish Hospital created the Cen...

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A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...

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Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...

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Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...

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Over the past eight years, an interdisciplinary team at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital prioritized...

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To reduce the incidence and spread of hospitalacquired infections in two critical operational nod...

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In response to an increase in fall-related injuries in its skilled nursing facility, Champlain Va...

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With unique culture trends and stringent regulatory obligations, patient care units are often cha...

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Evidence-based practice is an essential requirement of professional health care providers. Rural ...

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A temporary reduction in pharmacy hours at Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic contributed to med...

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Coney Island Hospital developed a crisis prevention, early intervention, and response team known ...

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

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As the new operations manager of Delaware Valley Hospital's primary care centers began her assess...

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Ellis Medicine started this project in April 2010 to reduce readmissions, as readmissions are cli...

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Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...

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Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...

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Good Samaritan Hospital's Clinical Transformation Team guided the formation of a Ventilator-Assoc...

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An unprecedented cluster of infant falls from post-cesarean section mothers' arms sparked the mat...

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Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...

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Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

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

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Ventilator-associated pneumonia and central line-associated infections data for the third quarter...

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

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

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Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...

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The advent of computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. The use of CT...

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In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...

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Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...

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Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...

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Children's Mercy Hospitals & ClinicsKansas City, MO265 Beds The Problem The patient population a...

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Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...

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