Case Studies

    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
    Early Identification and Treatment of Sepsis through Initiation of Response Team in the Emergency Department (ED CODE SEPSIS)

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

    September 16th, 2016
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    Sepsis Power Hour: Saving Lives with a Multidisciplinary Approach

    The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...

    September 16th, 2016
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    Lean Six Sigma Sepsis Initiative Saves 24 Lives and $882,000 Annually in a 500 Bed Tertiary Medical Center

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

    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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    Quality--Stopping Sepsis

    Kennedy Health Decreases Sepsis BackgroundKennedy Health is an integrated health delivery system...

    October 20th, 2015
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    Modified Early Warning Scoring System Incorporating the Severe Sepsis Screening Tool

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

    October 6th, 2015
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    Improving Sepsis Mortality and Cost of Care through Quality Improvement

    Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...

    June 1st, 2012
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