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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
After acknowledging that medication errors were on the rise, the facility implemented computerize...
Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...
Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...
A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...
A Lean project to address why physicians were not receiving lab results in a timely manner was im...
This Lean project focused on improving processes in central sterile processing. All processes for...
Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...
The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...
A pressure ulcer team was developed and Plan-Do-Study-Act practice was used to focus on process c...
The Brooklyn Hospital Center formed a multidisciplinary rapid response team in 2009 to respond to...
Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...
Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...
With unique culture trends and stringent regulatory obligations, patient care units are often cha...
Continuum Health Partners' pay-for performance program (P4P) is designed to partner with physici...
The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...
Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...
Although electronic reporting systems for near misses and adverse events have been implemented na...
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...
Improving patient flow throughout the Bon Secours Charity Health System is critical to patient sa...
