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
    Reduction in Blood Culture Contamination Rates in the ED Through Use of Skin Cleansing and Antisepsis Prior to Blood Draw

    July 2009-October 2011 baseline data for the blood culture contamination rate in the ED showed it...

    June 8th, 2015
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    A Process Improvement Project Decreases Blood Culture Contamination Rates in the Emergency Room

    The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...

    June 8th, 2015
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    Lexington Regional Health Center - Culture of Safety

    Lexington Regional Health Center, a 25-bed facility in Lexington, Nebraska, used best practices a...

    February 5th, 2015
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    Stopping HAIs: Programs to Improve Culture, Eliminate Infections

    On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...

    September 16th, 2013
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    Lean Six Sigma Methods Reduce Blood Culture Contamination in an Inpatient Severe Sepsis Protocol

    A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...

    June 1st, 2012
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    Utilizing TeamSTEPPS and Just Culture to Improve Patient Safety

    In 2006, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation declared a bold vision for patient safety...

    February 1st, 2012
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    Culture of Safety Initiative to Eliminate Health Care-Acquired Infections

    Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...

    February 1st, 2012
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