Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Like many hospitals, SBH Health System uses the computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system. ...

Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...

The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...

Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...

This project has decreased cycle time for medication reconciliation at time of admission and for ...

Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...

The organization used both discrete event and live simulation methodologies to ensure the smooth ...

The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...

Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...

A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...

Surgery case cancellation rates OSF Center for Health were 10.5 percent over six months. This cre...

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...

The patient experience as measured by patient satisfaction scores is an organizational goal. In t...

Southeastern Health, Lumberton, N.C. 452 beds 16,000 impatient admissions 76,000 emergency d...

St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn. 396 licensed beds Full-service teaching hospi...

Wrangell Medical CenterWrangell, AK22 Beds The Problem Wrangell Medical Center is located in Wra...

Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital and Northern Counties Health Care, Inc.,  have had a long-...

Emergency department overcrowding has created patient throughput challenges with 2012 volume alre...

Preoperative/procedure testing for surgical, cardiac catheterization and scheduled C-section pati...

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...

In 2010, Southampton Hospital discovered that its process for checking and maintaining equipment/...

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 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 A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...

The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...

The Problem St. Francis struggled getting non-emergent patients from the door to an ED bed in a ...

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...

In 2004, officials at Miller Electric, a division of Illinois-based Illinois Tool Works, knew the...