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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...
According to Leapfrog survey results, the hospital’s rate of elective deliveries prior to 39 week...
Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...
A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...
Over the past eight years, an interdisciplinary team at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital prioritized...
A temporary reduction in pharmacy hours at Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic contributed to med...
Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...
As the new operations manager of Delaware Valley Hospital's primary care centers began her assess...
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...
The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...
Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...
In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...
Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...
Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...
The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...
Health care acquired infections in U.S. hospitals account for 1.7 million infections and 99,000 a...
Th e P roblemUrinary tract infections are the most common hospital-acquired infection with 80 per...
The Problem Central line-associated bloodstream infections have vexed hospitals performing inter...