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Every aspect of a patient’s experience of care is influenced by valuable and often underused reso...
Creating a quieter hospital environment can help the healing process and improve the patient expe...
Overcoming language barriers with patients improves communication, a critical element of safety a...
It is estimated that 25 percent of falls by hospital patients are preventable. Saint Alphonsus Re...
Three patient navigators are used to advocate on behalf of women with abnormal breast findings on...
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH577 Beds Cincinnati Children’s Hospit...
Helen DeVos Children’s HospitalGrand Rapids, MI212 Beds Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital examined...
Coney Island Hospital developed a crisis prevention, early intervention, and response team known ...
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 ...
Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...
The advent of computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. The use of CT...
In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...
Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...
Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, Kirkland, Wash., implemented best practices in patient flow bu...
For expectant mothers at risk for childbirth complications, the OB assist team at Abington (Pa.) ...
As the automobile industry in Flint, Mich., has declined, area residents have faced significant s...
At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...
The Problem While all facitilites aspire to limit the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumon...
The Problem Bronson's patient safety committee appointed a task force to look at medication erro...
The Problem Carolina Medical Center-Mercy worked on patient throughput in its ED, while developi...
