To reduce the time to first dose of antibiotics to directly admitted pediatric oncology patients ...

March 12th, 2013
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After acknowledging that medication errors were on the rise, the facility implemented computerize...

March 12th, 2013
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The heart failure quality improvement team set out to improve scores on heart failure core measur...

March 12th, 2013
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Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...

March 12th, 2013
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The purpose of the project was to improve the recognition and early goal directed treatment of pa...

March 12th, 2013
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The critical care unit identified VAP as an area for improvement, with three VAPs from May-July 2...

March 12th, 2013
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Effective care transitions programs can do more than improve patient care: patients learn to mana...

March 11th, 2013
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Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...

March 6th, 2013
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The PICC team was created in March 2010 after the facility had documented an increase in PICC-ass...

March 6th, 2013
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The medical center’s mission was to reduce the C. difficile rate from 26.7 cases per 10,000 patie...

March 6th, 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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A team was created to ensure that all patients regardless of race, ethnicity, language, disabilit...

March 6th, 2013
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Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...

March 6th, 2013
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An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...

March 6th, 2013
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This webinar provided an understanding of how scientific operations management and IHO Variabilit...

March 5th, 2013
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A commitment to diversity came first. That was followed by specific action projects to increase d...

March 4th, 2013
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A commitment to diversity came first. That was followed by specific action projects to increase d...

March 4th, 2013
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This primer discusses community benefit laws across the United States, noting differences in fede...

March 1st, 2013
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The goal was to improve turnaround times of troponin and EKGs within the cardiac patient populati...

March 1st, 2013
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Development of a Norwood Clinic allowed the quality improvement team to create goals to decrease ...

March 1st, 2013
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