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

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

September 16th, 2016
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Administration of medications is one of the most error-prone stages in the medication use process...

September 16th, 2016
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The AHA's Physician Leadership Forum and Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative have relea...

August 16th, 2016
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Bassett Medical Center, a 180-bed hospital in Cooperstown, New York, has implemented and sustaine...

March 16th, 2016
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Clark Regional Medical Center (CRMC) is a 79 bed, community hospital serving the residents of eas...

March 14th, 2016
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Meritus Health’s replacement hospital, Meritus Medical Center, opened five years ago in Washingto...

March 14th, 2016
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Evidence-based guidelines now support restrictive red blood cell transfusion practices to enhance...

October 6th, 2015
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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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Maternal cardiac arrest is rare but often fatal. Obstetricians and perinatal nurses are often fir...

June 16th, 2015
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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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A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...

May 28th, 2015
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The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...

May 27th, 2015
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This facility's coronary artery stents per admission rate was consistently higher than the nation...

April 3rd, 2015
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The project began with a focus on CHF readmissions. As the multidisciplinary team saw decreases i...

April 3rd, 2015
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Baxter Regional Medical Center, a 268-bed facility in Mountain Home, Arkansas, used best practice...

February 5th, 2015
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Garfield Medical Center, a 210-bed facility in Monterey, California, used best practices and peer...

February 5th, 2015
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Los Alamitos Medical Center, a 167-bed facility in Los Alamitos, California, used best practices ...

February 5th, 2015
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Midstate Medical Center, a 134-bed facility in Meriden, Connecticut, committed to reducing harm a...

February 5th, 2015
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NCH Healthcare System, a 325-bed facility in Naples, Florida, started its journey to reduce harm ...

February 5th, 2015
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