Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

By "re-engineering"discharge and enhancing communication, The Chester County Hospital, West Chest...

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...

Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

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...