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The Problem Inefficiencies in the fast track at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital have long b...
Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine shocked the health care field and the general public wit...
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...
The Problem A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...
The Problem The organization was recording more patient falls than its leadership considered acc...
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 ProblemMajor abdominal surgery, such as elective colon surgery or major hernia repair, is hig...
The Problem Almost 20 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are readmitted to the hospital within 30...
The Problem St. Francis struggled getting non-emergent patients from the door to an ED bed in a ...
The Problem Central line-associated bloodstream infections have vexed hospitals performing inter...
The Problem With the national average of hospital-acquired skin breakdown at 4.8 percent, Bronso...
The Problem According to a 2006 study published in Nursing Management, 60,000 U.S. hospital pati...
The Problem DMC wanted to chart a new path for fulfilling its mission of offering the best possi...
The Problem Like many urban safety net hospitals, Hahnemann University Hospital struggled with o...
The Problem Nearly one million people develop pressure ulcers each year, and 60,000 U.S. hospita...
Reducing rates of rehospitalization has attracted attention from policymakers as a way to improve...
In 2004, officials at Miller Electric, a division of Illinois-based Illinois Tool Works, knew the...