Variation and delays in the early mobilization of patients in the ICU can result in an increased ...

April 3rd, 2015
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A Safe Patient Handling program (SPH) was initiated in 2006. A SPH vendor was chosen based upon e...

March 28th, 2015
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The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...

March 22nd, 2015
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Saint Anthony Health Center, Alton, Ill., took a hard look at data from its cancer program and fo...

October 10th, 2014
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The medical center experienced a 115 percent increase in behavioral health (BH) patients presenti...

March 26th, 2013
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The traditional behavioral health access model of calling for an appointment which is subsequentl...

March 25th, 2013
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The driving principle behind the outpatient service excellence journey is excellent customer serv...

March 12th, 2013
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The heart failure quality improvement team set out to improve scores on heart failure core measur...

March 12th, 2013
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A team was created to ensure that all patients regardless of race, ethnicity, language, disabilit...

March 6th, 2013
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At Franciscan St. James Health, the nursery had the highest rate of "zero" orders (orders not on ...

June 1st, 2012
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Obstructive sleep apnea is an often unrecognized contributing cause for respiratory failure in ho...

June 1st, 2012
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The aim of this project was to reduce the number of Venous Thromboembolisms acquired during hospi...

June 1st, 2012
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