Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Barriers and Strategies for Overcoming Them To identify the barriers to implementation and the s...

This how-to guide describes the essentials elements of preventing obstetrical adverse events, inc...

Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...

This audio program features current news and information from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Rese...

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

Background: Despite increasing recognition that patients could play an important role in promotin...

Objective: Rates of venous thromboembolism as high as 58 percent have been reported after trauma,...

The Standardized Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric ESRD (SCOPE) Quality Collaborative helps d...

University Hospitals Case Medical Center has undergone a decade-long cultural transformation to a...

America’s hospitals are committed to protecting the health and well-being of all patients, especi...

This study advocates for a highly structured electronic health record with real-time alerts and d...

The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority and the Health Care Improvement Foundation (HCIF) partn...

Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...

This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...

Infection control data demonstrated an increase in the incidence of primary bacteremia associated...

Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...

Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater...

A central line-associated blood stream infection rate of 1.5 infections per 1,000 patient days wa...

Reduction of hospital-acquired infections is a major focus of the board of directors and senior l...

A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...

Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...

Best practices from the Surgical Care Improvement Project have been implemented to reduce the inc...

A multidisciplinary perioperative safety team was formed focused on improving perioperative asses...

The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...

The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...

The reduction of HAPU has been a focus for 10 years at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center. Over tha...

Quarterly surveys revealed elevated hospital-acquired pressure ulcer rates unchanged by previous ...

A pressure ulcer team was developed and Plan-Do-Study-Act practice was used to focus on process c...

As a small community hospital, ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence was low. However, the lo...

This webinar highlighted the necessity to eliminate elective early term deliveries due to its imp...

The 2011 recipients of the annual John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards.  The award...

In this study of 1,421 employees, we examined how different presentations of information affect t...

The use of "triggers" or clues to identify adverse events is an effective method for measuring th...

Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...

Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...

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

A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...

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...

Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...

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...

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...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' inpatient quality reporting program includes appr...

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...