IHA case studies
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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...