The best way to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) is to limit the use ...

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Reducing and eliminating patient harm are at the forefront of patient safety and continue to be a...

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According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...

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At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...

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This project addresses the health care system's strategic initiative to ensure interdisciplinary ...

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The hospital identified an opportunity to improve its discharge planning process to allow more ti...

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Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...

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After reducing health care-acquired deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE) in 2011,...

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Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...

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In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...

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This health system's employee influenza vaccination policy compliance rate was less than 70 perce...

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Restraint documentation was a challenge at the hospital for multiple reasons, including the imple...

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In 2008, the health system’s program to contact discharged emergency department (ED) and immediat...

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Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...

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While the implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ venous thromboembolism ...

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Because the medical center’s lost charge capture related to IV injection and infusions totaled $8...

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The problem faced by the health system was the lack of a coordinated approach for the review and ...

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The hospital identified two process improvement opportunities related to medication safety effort...

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Concurrent review of three core measure sets has ensured appropriate and timely patient care. The...

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Hospital readmissions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failu...

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This project explains how a multisite, outpatient breast cancer and lymphedema rehabilitation pro...

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Staff at this community-based rural hospital in northwest Illinois that treats more than 18,000 e...

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Advance care planning is a critical element of wellness for all adult patients, regardless of dia...

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The Community Health Network (CHN) targets the socioeconomic determinants of health that are not ...

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Today, about one out of three children and adolescents ages 2-19 in the United States is overweig...

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This project was based on a multidisciplinary approach that focused on the admission process for ...

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The Reducing Readmissions: Making Data Real project decreased acute rehospitalization rates by al...

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The goal of this project was to standardize protocols for controlling patient pain following tota...

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Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...

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The goal was to reduce anesthesia's postoperative evaluation errors to less than 10 percent of al...

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Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...

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Turnaround time for immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains in the laboratory of a 500 bed tertiary car...

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Limited provider appointment availability in the clinic was causing delays for patients seeking c...

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The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...

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Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...

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This project has decreased cycle time for medication reconciliation at time of admission and for ...

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The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...

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Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...

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The 2012 New England Compounding Center tragedy and ongoing drug shortages have caused a dramatic...

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Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...

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The organization used both discrete event and live simulation methodologies to ensure the smooth ...

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The organization sought to create a root cause analysis (RCA) structure that endowed greater focu...

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The emergency department (ED) was experiencing extended lengths of stay for psychiatric patients,...

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Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...

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The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...

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Concussions are a growing problem for young athletes. The hospital’s overall goal is to educate a...

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The organization used Lean Six Sigma process techniques to identify and support improved efficien...

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Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...

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Patient falls during hospitalization can lead to increased inpatient care costs, decreased patien...

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The organization initiated a project identified by the Infection Control Committee to reduce Fole...

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The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...

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Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...

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The health system did not have an adequate process for notifying staff when a patient was on cont...

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As identified in its 2014 Culture of Safety survey, the hospital’s overall mean score for the sta...

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A history as a resource-challenged urban safety net hospital with a high-risk population, a lack ...

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Inappropriate stress ulcer prophylaxis is a serious problem across the health care continuum. Lit...

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In 2013, the facility’s hospital-onset (HO) infection rate for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) ha...

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A review of the hospital’s quality indicators revealed an unacceptable rate of catheter-associate...

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The project focused on managing sepsis in the emergency department and in admitted patients, with...

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Although episiotomy was once considered a routine part of childbirth, in recent years, there has ...

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Sepsis is a medical condition with high rates of morbidity, mortality and cost and it is the most...

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The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...

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The ultimate goal for patients who are mechanically ventilated is to promptly and safely disconti...

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High rates of hospital readmissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...

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The project includes a hard stop chain of command. When scheduling an induction or C-section, the...

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For several years, the hospital has been focused on reducing 30-day readmissions. After learning ...

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The medical center has made significant progress in improving physician-patient communication thr...

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The prevention of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) is a major focus for health care orga...

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Reducing inpatient length of stay has a strong impact on value and organizational performance, an...

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Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a major cause of morbidity and morta...

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As a health organization that serves communities disproportionately affected by asthma, Sinai Hea...

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The utilization review staff at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital examines medical records for inpati...

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The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's quality award submissions are highlighted on HPOE....

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Overutilizing blood transfusions adds significant costs and can increase patient length of stay a...

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A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...

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