IHA case studies
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The best way to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) is to limit the use ...
Reducing and eliminating patient harm are at the forefront of patient safety and continue to be a...
According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...
Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...
Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...
In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...
In 2008, the health system’s program to contact discharged emergency department (ED) and immediat...
Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...
The problem faced by the health system was the lack of a coordinated approach for the review and ...
The hospital identified two process improvement opportunities related to medication safety effort...
The Reducing Readmissions: Making Data Real project decreased acute rehospitalization rates by al...
The goal of this project was to standardize protocols for controlling patient pain following tota...
Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...
Turnaround time for immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains in the laboratory of a 500 bed tertiary car...
The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...
Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...
This project has decreased cycle time for medication reconciliation at time of admission and for ...
The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...
Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...
The 2012 New England Compounding Center tragedy and ongoing drug shortages have caused a dramatic...
Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...
The organization sought to create a root cause analysis (RCA) structure that endowed greater focu...
Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...
The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...
The organization used Lean Six Sigma process techniques to identify and support improved efficien...
Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...
Patient falls during hospitalization can lead to increased inpatient care costs, decreased patien...
The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...
Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...
The health system did not have an adequate process for notifying staff when a patient was on cont...
Inappropriate stress ulcer prophylaxis is a serious problem across the health care continuum. Lit...
In 2013, the facility’s hospital-onset (HO) infection rate for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) ha...
A review of the hospital’s quality indicators revealed an unacceptable rate of catheter-associate...
Although episiotomy was once considered a routine part of childbirth, in recent years, there has ...
The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...
The ultimate goal for patients who are mechanically ventilated is to promptly and safely disconti...
High rates of hospital readmissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
For several years, the hospital has been focused on reducing 30-day readmissions. After learning ...
The prevention of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) is a major focus for health care orga...
Reducing inpatient length of stay has a strong impact on value and organizational performance, an...
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a major cause of morbidity and morta...
The utilization review staff at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital examines medical records for inpati...
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's quality award submissions are highlighted on HPOE....
Overutilizing blood transfusions adds significant costs and can increase patient length of stay a...
Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...
The goal of this quality improvement project was to reduce the length of hospitalization, to impr...
Surgery case cancellation rates OSF Center for Health were 10.5 percent over six months. This cre...
Senior leadership at Streamwood Behavioral Healthcare System assembled an improvement team to use...
Administration of medications is one of the most error-prone stages in the medication use process...
Evidence-based guidelines now support restrictive red blood cell transfusion practices to enhance...
This project aimed to reduce the OR turnover time for total joint cases. Baseline data showed it ...
Utilizing Six Sigma's DMAIC model, this project looked at ways to decrease errors in the document...
Patients discharged to home waited an average of 3.5 hours to complete all of the necessary steps...
The project improved the pharmacy to hospital floor Rx process to decrease returns, optimize auto...
Patient safety is the number one priority at this facility. After discussing medication errors at...
Failure to rescue is the failure to recognize or act upon the patient's decline in condition resu...
In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...
Hospital readmissions are costly for both patients and facilities. At the time of discharge, pati...
The goal of this project was to decrease the utilization rates of indwelling urinary catheters an...
An accurate home medication list serves as the "source of truth" for the entire process of medica...
The goal of this project was to reduce the amount of global office visits by using Lean Six Sigma...
The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...
The goal was to reduce errors in failure to document stop time for IV infusions to zero. Along wi...
The goal was to reduce errors in failure to document stop time for IV infusions to zero. Along wi...
During the 2013-14 influenza season, an emergency preparedness mass influenza vaccination drill w...
Patients are often poorly prepared to manage acute and chronic conditions following their dischar...
Utilization of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Outcomes Improvements, 30-Day Readmissions and Morta...
The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...
Successful implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention protocol demonstrated a 50 percent...
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection is the second most commonly reported hospital-associa...
Central line-associated bloodstream infections continue to be associated with high costs and mort...
This project is aimed at reduction of adverse outcomes experienced by patients as a result of CLA...
During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....
The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...
The hospital implemented a new admissions nurse position in March 2014 to address the quality and...
Their project was an effort to reduce DVT/PE incidence. This case study is part of the Illinois ...
This project is aimed at reduction of adverse outcomes experienced by patients as a result of CLA...
During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....
The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...
The hospital implemented a new admissions nurse position in March 2014 to address the quality and...
Their project was an effort to reduce DVT/PE incidence. This case study is part of the Illinois H...
Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs direct judicious antimicrobial use to optimize patient outcome...
Maternal cardiac arrest is rare but often fatal. Obstetricians and perinatal nurses are often fir...
The goal was to reduce the delay in patient care by reducing patient wait times, both from reques...
Parental satisfaction with pediatric emergency department visits has been argued to be best predi...
The medical center consistently missed internal quality targets, with a mean HAPU rate for 2007-2...
The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...
Reduction in the use of fluoroquinolones is an important intervention for antimicrobial stewardsh...
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...
A performance improvement project was initiated to reduce the number of elective inductions and c...
The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...
July 2009-October 2011 baseline data for the blood culture contamination rate in the ED showed it...
In the 2010 reporting period (July 2009-June 2010), the medical center’s incidence of early elect...
The decision was made to proceed with efforts to eliminate elective deliveries prior to 39 weeks ...
...and therefore decrease the hospital’s financial risk as part of health care reform, increase c...
Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...
The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...
To align the hospital ministry with the needs of the community and to reduce avoidable health car...
Noting an upward trend in central line-associated blood stream infections, the hospital joined th...