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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...
The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...
For 18 months, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center implemented several interve...
As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...
Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...
In November 2009, a group of 12 representatives from various areas within Rochester General Healt...
Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center created the hospital point of dispensing (HPOD) t...
St. Joseph's Hospital of Elmira implemented a comprehensive antibiotic usage program beginning Ma...
Overcrowding and bottlenecks with patient flow plague hospitals and emergency rooms across the co...
The Brooklyn Hospital Center Family Medicine Department made a commitment to improve the quality ...
In March 2009, after assessing staff's knowledge about fire prevention and safety, St. Mary's Hos...
San Mateo Medical Center San Mateo, CA307 Beds The Problem San Mateo Medical Center has collecte...
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...
Emergency department admitted patients used to wait an average of 24 hours for an inpatient bed a...
This P2P Series presents case studies of hospitals improving their environments to better support...
The Problem Inefficiencies in the fast track at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital have long b...
The Problem Like many hospitals, Westmoreland struggled with significant ED crowding and patient...
The Problem Emergency departments across the nation are being stretched as more Americans rely o...
The Problem Wait times in the hospital's inpatient rehabilitation center were unacceptable; some ...
The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...
The ProblemFlowers wanted to improve its performance on the 28 quality measures that are featured...
The Problem Good Samaritan's LWBS rate (2.1 percent) is close to the national average (2.0 perce...
The Problem Medication errors are among the most common medical errors, harming at least 1.5 mil...
The Problem St. Francis struggled getting non-emergent patients from the door to an ED bed in a ...
The Problem The women and infants department's lean journey began in early 2006 when a local hos...
The Problem According to the American Heart Association, heart failure affects about 5.7 million...
The Problem Like many urban safety net hospitals, Hahnemann University Hospital struggled with o...
Holy Cross Hospital Health Centers are primary care medical centers that provide affordable servi...
