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MHA Accountable Care Compass Awards

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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...

February 29th, 2016
Resident-Driven Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Initiative for Inpatient Management and Transition of COPD Patients

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

September 16th, 2016
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Hospitalwide DVT Diagnosis and Treatment Process for Improved Quality of Care, Patient Experience and Cost Management

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

September 16th, 2016
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Prehospital Notification of Potential Stroke Patients and Improved Stroke Patient Care in the Rural Acute Care Setting

The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...

September 16th, 2016
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Breakthrough Improvement on Sepsis

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

September 16th, 2016
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A Population Health Management Strategy to Improve Quality Outcomes in Primary Care

Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital Physician’s Organization implem...

February 29th, 2016
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Hypoglycemia Resolution Improvement with Lean Six Sigma Techniques and Nursing Team Collaboration

Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...

September 14th, 2015
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Care Coordination Across the Continuum to Improve Transitions of Care with the Goal of Reducing Readmissions

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

June 16th, 2015
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