Case Studies

    MHA Accountable Care Compass Awards

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

    February 29th, 2016
    Modified Early Warning Scoring System Incorporating the Severe Sepsis Screening Tool

    Failure to rescue is the failure to recognize or act upon the patient's decline in condition resu...

    October 6th, 2015
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    Cutting the Cord on Early Elective Deliveries

    GOAL: Eliminate early elective deliveries This case study is part of the Illinois Hospital Associ...

    June 17th, 2015
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    Cutting the Cord on Early Elective Deliveries

    GOAL: Eliminate early elective deliveries

    June 17th, 2015
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    Antibiotic Stewardship: Correct Drug, De-escalation of therapy, Discontinuation of therapy, Correct Dose, and Diagnosis

    Antibiotic stewardship was implemented in 2011 and focuses on five "D's": Drug, De-escalation of ...

    June 16th, 2015
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    Breath of Fresh Care: Redefining Processes around Pediatric Asthma Core Measures

    The pediatric team at this hospital recognized the need to improve processes surrounding care of ...

    June 16th, 2015
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    Combining Nursing Assessment, Electronic Medical Record Technology and Risk Stratified Interventions to Develop an Effective Falls Prevention Program

    The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...

    June 8th, 2015
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    Reducing the Number of Stents Used in Treating Coronary Artery Disease

    This facility's coronary artery stents per admission rate was consistently higher than the nation...

    April 3rd, 2015
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