Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

SBH Health System implemented numerous strategies to reduce the number of Cather-Associated Urina...

MedEx Bedside Prescription Delivery is the very first bedside medication delivery service for hos...

Since 2012, the Aiming for Zero program at Northwell Hospital is continuously working to reduce C...

The best way to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) is to limit the use ...

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

Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...

While the implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ venous thromboembolism ...

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

The goal of this project was to standardize protocols for controlling patient pain following tota...

Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...

The 2012 New England Compounding Center tragedy and ongoing drug shortages have caused a dramatic...

The goal of this project was to reduce the incidence of contrast-induced neuropathy (CIN) as a re...

Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...

Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...

Patient falls during hospitalization can lead to increased inpatient care costs, decreased patien...

The organization initiated a project identified by the Infection Control Committee to reduce Fole...

A history as a resource-challenged urban safety net hospital with a high-risk population, a lack ...

A review of the hospital’s quality indicators revealed an unacceptable rate of catheter-associate...

The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...

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

By using evidence-based medicine and hardwiring concurrent review, HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Hig...

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

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

Citrus Valley Health Partners (CVHP) is a nonprofit comprehensive health care system based in Los...

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

Evidence-based guidelines now support restrictive red blood cell transfusion practices to enhance...

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

The goal of this project was to reduce the number of injection errors occurring at the hospital's...

The daily operational safety exercise was an initiative spearheaded by the patient safety departm...

The daily operational safety exercise was an initiative spearheaded by the patient safety departm...

Maternal cardiac arrest is rare but often fatal. Obstetricians and perinatal nurses are often fir...

A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...

The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...

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

This facility's coronary artery stents per admission rate was consistently higher than the nation...

The project began with a focus on CHF readmissions. As the multidisciplinary team saw decreases i...

Sharing best practices and facilitating peer-to-peer learning were core elements of the AHA/HRET ...

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

Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, a 237-bed facility in Orlando, Florida, used best practices and peer-to...

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

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

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

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

Ponca City Medical Center, a 140-bed facility in Ponca City, Oklahoma, used HEN best practices an...

Sanford Mayville Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Mayville, North Dakota, use...

St. Catherine Hospital, a 189-bed facility in East Chicago, Indiana, used best practices and peer...

Yuma Regional Medical Center, a 406-bed facility in Yuma, Arizona, used best practices and peer-t...

Some patients have difficulty effectively managing their medications because they don't fully und...

A gap analysis was conducted. Key themes emerged in this analysis such as inadequate preparation ...

In December 2009, the medical center embarked on a little known and practiced procedure in the Un...

In 2009, the leadership team of this hospital empowered its multidisciplinary critical care commi...

Good patient/provider communication correlates with greater patient satisfaction, increased patie...

Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

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

Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...

St. Mary's Healthcare has an obligation to protect patients from harm and preventing adverse effe...

North Bronx Healthcare Network devised a process to analyze its departmental risk management data...

Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...

Aurora Health CareMilwaukee, WI The Problem Aurora Health Care is a nonprofit, integrated delive...