This report utilizes Dartmouth Atlas data to show differences in resource utilization among the 2...

February 6th, 2012
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According to a recent Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society survey, 41 percent of...

February 1st, 2012
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Early elective deliveries have been proven to increase the risk of adverse health outcomes post d...

February 1st, 2012
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Achieving health care equity and eliminating health care disparities are a top goal of hospitals ...

February 1st, 2012
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Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...

February 1st, 2012
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Good Samaritan Hospital's Clinical Transformation Team guided the formation of a Ventilator-Assoc...

February 1st, 2012
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Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...

February 1st, 2012
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Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

February 1st, 2012
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Multidisciplinary rounding (MDR) is a model of care in which multiple members of the care deliver...

February 1st, 2012
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The Joint Academy is a multidisciplinary team approach that begins in the community with orthoped...

February 1st, 2012
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Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...

February 1st, 2012
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Rome Memorial Hospital began this project as a prelude to developing a progressive mobility progr...

February 1st, 2012
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South Nassau Communities Hospital initiated the "Knot So Fast" project to promote a safe and effi...

February 1st, 2012
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Until recently, Stony Brook University Medical Center's approach to core measure data consisted o...

February 1st, 2012
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The Brooklyn Hospital Center formed a multidisciplinary rapid response team in 2009 to respond to...

February 1st, 2012
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At the end of the second quarter of 2010, The Brooklyn Hospital Center identified that only four ...

February 1st, 2012
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Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

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A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...

February 1st, 2012
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Ellis Medicine started this project in April 2010 to reduce readmissions, as readmissions are cli...

February 1st, 2012
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The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

February 1st, 2012
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