Case Studies

    MHA Accountable Care Compass Awards

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    The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...

    February 29th, 2016
    Combining Nursing Assessment, Electronic Medical Record Technology and Risk Stratified Interventions to Develop an Effective Falls Prevention Program

    The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...

    June 8th, 2015
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    Early Elective Delivery: Decreasing Incidence of 37 to 39 Week Inductions and Cesarean Sections Without Medical Justification

    In the 2010 reporting period (July 2009-June 2010), the medical center’s incidence of early elect...

    June 8th, 2015
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    Heart Failure Care Transitions from Hospital to Home in Cooperation with Several Illinois Hospitals

    The heart failure program began in 1995. The hospital developed a multidisciplinary heart failure...

    April 11th, 2015
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    Emergency Department Case Management Program to Reduce High-Frequency Patient Utilization for Hospital and Community

    An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

    March 27th, 2015
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    Hip/Knee Center of Excellence

    Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalb, Ill., created a total knee and hip joint replacement center of excel...

    January 5th, 2015
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