Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...

September 16th, 2016
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In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...

October 6th, 2015
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National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

June 10th, 2015
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In 2009, a multi-pronged approach involving all stakeholders was launched aimed at early identifi...

June 8th, 2015
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An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

March 27th, 2015
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The goal was to decrease the number of patients negatively affected by experiencing a post-operat...

March 27th, 2015
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An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

March 27th, 2013
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The hospital was experiencing higher costs and lower quality care than its competitors based on d...

March 13th, 2013
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To reduce the time to first dose of antibiotics to directly admitted pediatric oncology patients ...

March 12th, 2013
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In late January 2012, pharmacists began reviewing potential pneumonia patients using a screening ...

March 6th, 2013
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This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...

June 1st, 2012
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Infection control data demonstrated an increase in the incidence of primary bacteremia associated...

June 1st, 2012
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This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...

June 1st, 2012
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A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...

June 1st, 2012
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Best practices from the Surgical Care Improvement Project have been implemented to reduce the inc...

June 1st, 2012
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