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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...

February 29th, 2016
A Process Improvement Project Decreases Blood Culture Contamination Rates in the Emergency Room

The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...

June 8th, 2015
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Concord Hospital Leverages CPOE to Improve Diabetes Care Processes

Concord (N.H.) Hospital • 230-bed regional medical center • 17,194 admissions • 295 medical staff...

May 6th, 2013
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Establishing a Process to Increase Diversity in Recruitment Initiatives

Greenville Health SystemGreenville, South Carolina786 Beds The Problem The diversity of the lead...

March 18th, 2013
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One Step at a Time: Addressing Hypoglycemia Adverse Drug Events by Improving Insulin Management Through Rapid Cycle Improvement and Spread Process

After several monthly reviews of reported adverse drug events, hypoglycemia ranked highest for th...

March 12th, 2013
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Streamlining the Intake Process of Cardiac Patients in the Emergency Department

The goal was to improve turnaround times of troponin and EKGs within the cardiac patient populati...

March 1st, 2013
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Decreasing Health Care-Acquired Conditions: A Community Hospital's Use of Process Improvement to Decrease CLASBIs

After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

June 1st, 2012
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Central Sterile Processing Performance Improvement Project

This Lean project focused on improving processes in central sterile processing. All processes for...

June 1st, 2012
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