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The Problem Pneumonia accounts for approximately 15 percent of all hospital-acquired infections ...
The Problem The average ED length of stay was 413 minutes (6 hours, 53 minutes). Fourteen percen...
The Problem Inefficiencies in the fast track at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital have long b...
Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine shocked the health care field and the general public wit...
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...
The Problem A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...
The Problem The organization was recording more patient falls than its leadership considered acc...
The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...
Health care acquired infections in U.S. hospitals account for 1.7 million infections and 99,000 a...
Th e P roblemUrinary tract infections are the most common hospital-acquired infection with 80 per...
The ProblemMajor abdominal surgery, such as elective colon surgery or major hernia repair, is hig...
The Problem Almost 20 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are readmitted to the hospital within 30...
The Problem St. Francis struggled getting non-emergent patients from the door to an ED bed in a ...
The Problem Central line-associated bloodstream infections have vexed hospitals performing inter...
The Problem With the national average of hospital-acquired skin breakdown at 4.8 percent, Bronso...
The Problem According to a 2006 study published in Nursing Management, 60,000 U.S. hospital pati...
The Problem DMC wanted to chart a new path for fulfilling its mission of offering the best possi...
The Problem Like many urban safety net hospitals, Hahnemann University Hospital struggled with o...
The Problem Nearly one million people develop pressure ulcers each year, and 60,000 U.S. hospita...
Reducing rates of rehospitalization has attracted attention from policymakers as a way to improve...
The report recommends improved ways in which primary care practices should be paid for delivering...
Mercy has participated in developing a network of health care providers and community agencies to...
The Diversity & Inclusion Council was developed to create and sustain an organizational culture t...
The Lourdes Center for Public Health works collaboratively with academic and community partners t...
The St. Francis Medical Center Kitty DeGree Breast Health Center employs a full-time breast healt...
In the Pink is a program of Saint Michael's Medical Center and the program provides outreach, edu...
St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn., has taken a lead role in creating the Hope Dis...
Holy Cross Hospital Health Centers are primary care medical centers that provide affordable servi...
Infant mortality remains a major concern in Milwaukee. The "Baby Safe Sleep" program , which is f...
W hat is patient- and family-centered care? Why does it matter? How does it fit with a hospital's...
In 2004, officials at Miller Electric, a division of Illinois-based Illinois Tool Works, knew the...
Four "value health opportunities" have been developed for three major Minneapolis employer group...
The model described in this white paper represents IHI's best current assessment of the component...
This article traces the historical progression of the population health approach as part of healt...