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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Although electronic reporting systems for near misses and adverse events have been implemented na...
In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...
Olean General Hospital is one of only a few community hospitals in the nation to offer a center o...
This journey began when St. Francis Hospital gave fruit cocktail to a patient with a severe aller...
This project was initiated by David Lyons, Director of Respiratory Therapy at St. Francis Hospita...
Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...
The fall intervention program identified areas needing improvement including a lack of multidisci...
Falls increased in Thompson Health's inpatient areas in 2009 and 2010, and the number of falls wa...
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...
In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...
Rochester General Hospital's infection prevention team partnered with the surgical intensive care...
A temporary reduction in pharmacy hours at Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic contributed to med...
Improving patient flow throughout the Bon Secours Charity Health System is critical to patient sa...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' inpatient quality reporting program includes appr...
In 2010, Southampton Hospital discovered that its process for checking and maintaining equipment/...
Medication, in addition to other treatment options, is an integral part of the care provided to l...
As the new operations manager of Delaware Valley Hospital's primary care centers began her assess...
Over the past eight years, an interdisciplinary team at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital prioritized...
SSM Saint Mary’s Medical CenterSaint Louis, MO 374 Beds The Problem Better Outcomes for Older Ad...
This P2P Series presents case studies of hospitals improving their environments to better support...
The Problem Administrative burdens and inefficient processes left nurses spending just one-third...
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for approximately 15 percent of all hospital-acquired infections ...
The Problem The average ED length of stay was 413 minutes (6 hours, 53 minutes). Fourteen percen...
The Problem Inefficiencies in the fast track at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital have long b...
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...
In 2004, officials at Miller Electric, a division of Illinois-based Illinois Tool Works, knew the...
