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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
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...
