Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...

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Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

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The Joint Academy is a multidisciplinary team approach that begins in the community with orthoped...

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Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...

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Until recently, Stony Brook University Medical Center's approach to core measure data consisted o...

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The Brooklyn Hospital Center formed a multidisciplinary rapid response team in 2009 to respond to...

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Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

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A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...

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The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

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Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...

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Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...

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With unique culture trends and stringent regulatory obligations, patient care units are often cha...

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The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

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Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...

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Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...

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Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...

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Although electronic reporting systems for near misses and adverse events have been implemented na...

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In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...

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Olean General Hospital is one of only a few community hospitals in the nation to offer a center o...

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This journey began when St. Francis Hospital gave fruit cocktail to a patient with a severe aller...

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