IHA case studies
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Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...
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 ...
Hospital readmissions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failu...
Advance care planning is a critical element of wellness for all adult patients, regardless of dia...
The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...
Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...
The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...
The health system did not have an adequate process for notifying staff when a patient was on cont...
The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...
This project involves raising awareness and expanding the palliative care program at HSHS St. Joh...
Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...
Inconsistencies in the discharge process provide an opportunity to standardize that process, redu...
Antibiotic stewardship was implemented in 2011 and focuses on five "D's": Drug, De-escalation of ...
The medical center consistently missed internal quality targets, with a mean HAPU rate for 2007-2...
Reduction in the use of fluoroquinolones is an important intervention for antimicrobial stewardsh...
The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...
In the 2010 reporting period (July 2009-June 2010), the medical center’s incidence of early elect...
The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...
In January 2011, utilizing the hospital’s system-wide electronic medical records, a family medici...
