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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...
The Florida Hospital Association is proud to recognize the 2012 Celebration of Achievement in Qua...
University Hospitals Case Medical Center has undergone a decade-long cultural transformation to a...
Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...
This project utilized a failure mode effects analysis methodology to examine why critical care un...
Infection control data demonstrated an increase in the incidence of primary bacteremia associated...
Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...
Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater...
A central line-associated blood stream infection rate of 1.5 infections per 1,000 patient days wa...
Reduction of hospital-acquired infections is a major focus of the board of directors and senior l...
A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...
Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...
Best practices from the Surgical Care Improvement Project have been implemented to reduce the inc...
A multidisciplinary perioperative safety team was formed focused on improving perioperative asses...
The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...
The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...
The reduction of HAPU has been a focus for 10 years at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center. Over tha...
Quarterly surveys revealed elevated hospital-acquired pressure ulcer rates unchanged by previous ...
A pressure ulcer team was developed and Plan-Do-Study-Act practice was used to focus on process c...
As a small community hospital, ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence was low. However, the lo...
