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October 6th, 2015
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Evidence-based guidelines now support restrictive red blood cell transfusion practices to enhance...

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This project aimed to reduce the OR turnover time for total joint cases. Baseline data showed it ...

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Utilizing Six Sigma's DMAIC model, this project looked at ways to decrease errors in the document...

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Patients discharged to home waited an average of 3.5 hours to complete all of the necessary steps...

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The project improved the pharmacy to hospital floor Rx process to decrease returns, optimize auto...

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Patient safety is the number one priority at this facility. After discussing medication errors at...

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Failure to rescue is the failure to recognize or act upon the patient's decline in condition resu...

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In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...

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Hospital readmissions are costly for both patients and facilities. At the time of discharge, pati...

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Broadens view of care delivery from hospital-based practice to the entire bundle episode (30-days...

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The goal of this project was to decrease the utilization rates of indwelling urinary catheters an...

September 14th, 2015
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The link between excessive work hours and adverse errors is inseparable. This project investigate...

September 14th, 2015
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An accurate home medication list serves as the "source of truth" for the entire process of medica...

September 14th, 2015
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The goal of this project was to reduce the amount of global office visits by using Lean Six Sigma...

September 14th, 2015
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Falls prevention continues to be a focus on all patient units and is a priority for safe care thr...

September 14th, 2015
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Blood transfusions to treat anemia can have a significant impact on patient outcomes. It was reco...

September 14th, 2015
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The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...

September 14th, 2015
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The C. diff collaborative is an ongoing initiative that was developed to improve the early identi...

September 14th, 2015
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The goal of this project was to reduce the number of injection errors occurring at the hospital's...

September 14th, 2015
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The goal was to reduce errors in failure to document stop time for IV infusions to zero. Along wi...

June 18th, 2015
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The goal was to reduce errors in failure to document stop time for IV infusions to zero. Along wi...

June 18th, 2015
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Their journey to eliminate falls with injury started last year, working towards a safety culture ...

June 18th, 2015
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During the 2013-14 influenza season, an emergency preparedness mass influenza vaccination drill w...

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The Healthy You program was designed to enhance whole person health of the hospital's team member...

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Patients are often poorly prepared to manage acute and chronic conditions following their dischar...

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Utilization of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Outcomes Improvements, 30-Day Readmissions and Morta...

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The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...

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Successful implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention protocol demonstrated a 50 percent...

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Catheter-associated urinary tract infection is the second most commonly reported hospital-associa...

June 18th, 2015
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Central line-associated bloodstream infections continue to be associated with high costs and mort...

June 18th, 2015
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Central line-associated blood stream infections cause serious patient harm, leading to thousands ...

June 17th, 2015
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This project is aimed at reduction of adverse outcomes experienced by patients as a result of CLA...

June 17th, 2015
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During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....

June 17th, 2015
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Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

June 17th, 2015
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GOAL: Eliminate early elective deliveries This case study is part of the Illinois Hospital Associ...

June 17th, 2015
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The daily operational safety exercise was an initiative spearheaded by the patient safety departm...

June 17th, 2015
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Within the organization over the last year, a new division of four hospitals was created, with th...

June 17th, 2015
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The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...

June 17th, 2015
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The hospital implemented a new admissions nurse position in March 2014 to address the quality and...

June 17th, 2015
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Their project was an effort to reduce DVT/PE incidence. This case study is part of the Illinois ...

June 17th, 2015
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Central line-associated blood stream infections cause serious patient harm, leading to thousands ...

June 17th, 2015
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This project is aimed at reduction of adverse outcomes experienced by patients as a result of CLA...

June 17th, 2015
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During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....

June 17th, 2015
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Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

June 17th, 2015
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GOAL: Eliminate early elective deliveries

June 17th, 2015
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The daily operational safety exercise was an initiative spearheaded by the patient safety departm...

June 17th, 2015
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Within the organization over the last year, a new division of four hospitals was created, with th...

June 17th, 2015
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The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...

June 17th, 2015
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The hospital implemented a new admissions nurse position in March 2014 to address the quality and...

June 17th, 2015
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Their project was an effort to reduce DVT/PE incidence. This case study is part of the Illinois H...

June 17th, 2015
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The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...

June 16th, 2015
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In December 2008, the hospital spotlighted national Hospital Quality Measures performance and fou...

June 16th, 2015
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Perineal trauma during childbirth can lead to significant short- or long-term complications such ...

June 16th, 2015
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Antibiotic stewardship was implemented in 2011 and focuses on five "D's": Drug, De-escalation of ...

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Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs direct judicious antimicrobial use to optimize patient outcome...

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Maternal cardiac arrest is rare but often fatal. Obstetricians and perinatal nurses are often fir...

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The goal was to reduce the delay in patient care by reducing patient wait times, both from reques...

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Parental satisfaction with pediatric emergency department visits has been argued to be best predi...

June 16th, 2015
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The medical center consistently missed internal quality targets, with a mean HAPU rate for 2007-2...

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The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...

June 16th, 2015
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Reduction in the use of fluoroquinolones is an important intervention for antimicrobial stewardsh...

June 16th, 2015
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After learning of the "90 minute" standard of care for providing definitive treatment for cardiac...

June 10th, 2015
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National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

June 10th, 2015
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This project was designed to improve the total health care for patients of a community mental hea...

June 10th, 2015
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Medical center evidence pointed to a delay in surgery beyond 48 hours for hip fracture patients a...

June 9th, 2015
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Presence St. Joseph's Medical Center's project implemented interventions to maintain patient func...

June 9th, 2015
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In 2009, a multi-pronged approach involving all stakeholders was launched aimed at early identifi...

June 8th, 2015
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A performance improvement project was initiated to reduce the number of elective inductions and c...

June 8th, 2015
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The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...

June 8th, 2015
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July 2009-October 2011 baseline data for the blood culture contamination rate in the ED showed it...

June 8th, 2015
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The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...

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In the 2010 reporting period (July 2009-June 2010), the medical center’s incidence of early elect...

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The decision was made to proceed with efforts to eliminate elective deliveries prior to 39 weeks ...

June 8th, 2015
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...and therefore decrease the hospital’s financial risk as part of health care reform, increase c...

June 8th, 2015
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