HANYS case studies
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Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...
At the end of the second quarter of 2010, The Brooklyn Hospital Center identified that only four ...
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...
Stern Family Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation tracked hospital readmissions and found ...
Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...
Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...
For 18 months, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center implemented several interve...
As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...
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...
In 2008, Albany Medical Center was one of 18 regional referral neonatal intensive care units to a...
Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...
To reduce the incidence and spread of hospitalacquired infections in two critical operational nod...
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...
Ventilator-associated pneumonia and central line-associated infections data for the third quarter...
Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center created the hospital point of dispensing (HPOD) t...
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement estimates that 48 percent of intensive care unit patient...
Outside the intensive care unit, catheters remain in place for a longer duration; therefore, it i...
This project addresses the needs of patients at high risk for C. difficile on a complex medical u...
Rochester General Hospital's infection prevention team partnered with the surgical intensive care...
South Nassau Communities Hospital's goal for this initiative was to ensure rapid identification o...
Preventing health care-associated infections is a critical step in reducing morbidity and mortali...
St. Joseph's Hospital of Elmira implemented a comprehensive antibiotic usage program beginning Ma...
Stony Brook University Medical Center joined the Institute for Healthcare Improvement critical ca...
With hand hygiene compliance at 37.3 percent, Syosset Hospital implemented a comprehensive approa...
St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester, division of Saint Joseph's Medical Center began this initiati...
Overcrowding and bottlenecks with patient flow plague hospitals and emergency rooms across the co...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' inpatient quality reporting program includes appr...
In March 2009, after assessing staff's knowledge about fire prevention and safety, St. Mary's Hos...
