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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...
The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...
The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...
The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...
SMH was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative designed to improve quality, effi...
An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...
This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...
Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network GoalsReduce patient harm by 40 percent and ...
The Collaborative on Reducing Hospital Readmissions GoalUnderstand readmission causes and adopt ...
An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...
The hospital was experiencing higher costs and lower quality care than its competitors based on d...
After several monthly reviews of reported adverse drug events, hypoglycemia ranked highest for th...
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...
An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...
Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...
After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...
Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...
A multidisciplinary perioperative safety team was formed focused on improving perioperative asses...
