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March 12-18, 2017, is Patient Safety Awareness Week, led by the National Patient Safety Foundatio...
Quality and safety are “top of the agenda” at urban and rural hospitals across the country. At Ho...
Analyzing contributing factors and implementing targeted, sustainable solutions have helped hospi...
At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...
Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...
The organization used both discrete event and live simulation methodologies to ensure the smooth ...
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's quality award submissions are highlighted on HPOE....
Undergoing surgery of any kind can be a stressful experience for patients and their families. The...
Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...
Outpatient registration at OSF Center for Health required patients to stand in line for extended ...
The Lung Partners Primary Respiratory Care at the Crouse Hospital is managing the needs of patien...
A “Germ Crusher” challenge at Children’s Hospital Colorado brought together leadership, staff, pa...
Patient safety is the number one priority at this facility. After discussing medication errors at...
In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...
Blood transfusions to treat anemia can have a significant impact on patient outcomes. It was reco...
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...
In 2009, a multi-pronged approach involving all stakeholders was launched aimed at early identifi...
An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...
The goal was to decrease the number of patients negatively affected by experiencing a post-operat...
Children with cystic fibrosis have better lung function and survival rates if their body mass ind...
The patient experience as measured by patient satisfaction scores is an organizational goal. In t...
The National Patient Safety Foundation leads Patient Safety Awareness Week in early March to prom...
Goal-Reduce and prevent medical errors by adopting best practices and procedures. The Patient Sa...
Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network GoalsReduce patient harm by 40 percent and ...
The Collaborative on Reducing Hospital Readmissions GoalUnderstand readmission causes and adopt ...
There were between 462,000 and 636,000 CLABSIs in nonneonatal critical care patients in the Unite...
An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...
Preoperative/procedure testing for surgical, cardiac catheterization and scheduled C-section pati...
The hospital was experiencing higher costs and lower quality care than its competitors based on d...
Early and safe mobility of critically ill patients in a cardiovascular surgical intensive care un...
To reduce the time to first dose of antibiotics to directly admitted pediatric oncology patients ...
In late January 2012, pharmacists began reviewing potential pneumonia patients using a screening ...
Electronic Health Records implementation is still highly heterogeneous across health care systems...
When patients are given decision aids, such as educational booklets, DVDs, or interactive tools, ...
Background: Little information exists about what primary care physicians and patients experience ...
Background: Despite increasing recognition that patients could play an important role in promotin...
The following information is a guide of infection prevention recommendations for outpatient (ambu...
Safety-net hospitals have lower performance than non-SNHs on metrics of patient-reported experien...
Engaging and training diabetes patients is helping to change and save lives. Here's how: Rowan Re...
Pennsylvania facilities submitted 879 medication error reports from July 1, 2004, through January...
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...
This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...
A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...
Best practices from the Surgical Care Improvement Project have been implemented to reduce the inc...
Customer satisfaction performance is a hospital strategic goal. Marianjoy's inpatient satisfactio...
With nearly half of all emergency departments operating at or above capacity and the majority of ...
The authors found little evidence that participation in the Premier HQID program led to lower 30-...
The 2011 recipients of the annual John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. The award...
The patient safety portal includes links to valuable tools and resources.
Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...
Rome Memorial Hospital began this project as a prelude to developing a progressive mobility progr...
Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...
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 ...
The advent of computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. The use of CT...
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...
For the past three years, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center has been develop...
As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...
In 2006, Southampton Hospital's department of nursing conducted a needs assessment focusing on th...
This journey began when St. Francis Hospital gave fruit cocktail to a patient with a severe aller...
In 2006, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation declared a bold vision for patient safety...
In November 2009, a group of 12 representatives from various areas within Rochester General Healt...
In response to an increase in fall-related injuries in its skilled nursing facility, Champlain Va...
In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...
This project addresses the needs of patients at high risk for C. difficile on a complex medical u...
Smart infusion pump technology improves patient safety by providing decision support for nursing ...
Improving patient flow throughout the Bon Secours Charity Health System is critical to patient sa...
In 2008, a project was underway to renovate Southampton Hospital's emergency department (upgradin...
In 2010, Southampton Hospital discovered that its process for checking and maintaining equipment/...
This study used written portfolios to capture reflective learning that trainees described about t...
This certified CME/CE activity is designed to heighten the awareness of and adherence to evidence...
Emergency department admitted patients used to wait an average of 24 hours for an inpatient bed a...
Falls prevention monitoring led to a closer look at Mercy Medical Center's acute inpatient rehabi...
The Problem Administrative burdens and inefficient processes left nurses spending just one-third...
The Problem ThedaCare selected its radiation oncology (rad-onc) department to kick off a systemw...
At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...
The Problem Wait times in the hospital's inpatient rehabilitation center were unacceptable; some ...
The Problem While all facitilites aspire to limit the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumon...
The ProblemMajor abdominal surgery, such as elective colon surgery or major hernia repair, is hig...
The Problem Bronson's patient safety committee appointed a task force to look at medication erro...
The Problem After examining hospital data to pinpoint opportunities to improve, Gundersen Luther...
The Problem Carolina Medical Center-Mercy worked on patient throughput in its ED, while developi...
Reducing rates of rehospitalization has attracted attention from policymakers as a way to improve...
