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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
The vascular access team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta embraced a multidisciplinary approac...
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center strives to provide competent, culturally sensitive, high...
Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...
A patient care initiative was created to eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ...
In 2008, Albany Medical Center was one of 18 regional referral neonatal intensive care units to a...
Alice Hyde Medical Center's new program is designed to ensure safe medication administration in t...
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...
Barnes-Jewish HospitalSt. Louis, MO1,305 Beds The Problem Barnes-Jewish Hospital created the Cen...
A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...
Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...
Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...
Over the past eight years, an interdisciplinary team at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital prioritized...
To reduce the incidence and spread of hospitalacquired infections in two critical operational nod...
In response to an increase in fall-related injuries in its skilled nursing facility, Champlain Va...
With unique culture trends and stringent regulatory obligations, patient care units are often cha...
Evidence-based practice is an essential requirement of professional health care providers. Rural ...
A temporary reduction in pharmacy hours at Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic contributed to med...
Coney Island Hospital developed a crisis prevention, early intervention, and response team known ...
Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...
As the new operations manager of Delaware Valley Hospital's primary care centers began her assess...
Ellis Medicine started this project in April 2010 to reduce readmissions, as readmissions are cli...
Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...
Good Samaritan Hospital's Clinical Transformation Team guided the formation of a Ventilator-Assoc...
An unprecedented cluster of infant falls from post-cesarean section mothers' arms sparked the mat...
Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...
Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...
The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...
Ventilator-associated pneumonia and central line-associated infections data for the third quarter...
Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...
Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...
Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...
The advent of computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. The use of CT...
In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...
Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...
Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...
Children's Mercy Hospitals & ClinicsKansas City, MO265 Beds The Problem The patient population a...
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...