The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

February 1st, 2012
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Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...

February 1st, 2012
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St. Mary's Healthcare has an obligation to protect patients from harm and preventing adverse effe...

February 1st, 2012
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North Bronx Healthcare Network devised a process to analyze its departmental risk management data...

February 1st, 2012
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Alice Hyde Medical Center's new program is designed to ensure safe medication administration in t...

February 1st, 2012
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This study found that pharmacist-led medication reconciliation in primary care settings identifie...

January 1st, 2012
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About 1 in 12 adults (8.2 percent) aged 21 and older discharged from a hospital to the community ...

December 1st, 2011
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This certified CME/CE activity focuses on caring for patients with chronic pain in the hospital ...

November 1st, 2011
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This certified CME/CE series is designed to heighten the awareness of and adherence to evidence-b...

November 1st, 2011
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According to the survey, few nurses and physicians reported routinely submitting online reports, ...

October 3rd, 2011
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Accreditation by The Joint Commission was associated with stronger performance on disease-specifi...

October 1st, 2011
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Could changing the staffing model in the intensive care unit reduce patients' risk of dying?Accor...

October 1st, 2011
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The guide is based on the learning that emerged from a multi-year pilot project that aimed to red...

January 1st, 2011
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The ProblemMedication reconciliation—comparing a patient's medication orders to all medications t...

August 5th, 2009
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The Problem Adverse drug events occur in as many as 10 percent of hospitalized patients, with th...

August 1st, 2009
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The model described in this white paper represents IHI's best current assessment of the component...

January 1st, 2005
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