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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...

February 29th, 2016
A Lean Pharmacy Intervention Reduces Patient-Specific Batch Intravenous Fill List Waste by 29% in a Tertiary Medical Center

The 2012 New England Compounding Center tragedy and ongoing drug shortages have caused a dramatic...

September 16th, 2016
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Lean Six Sigma Reduces Risk of Medication Errors Due to Medical Dispense Overrides by 53% in a Critical Access Hospital

Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...

September 16th, 2016
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Lean/Six Sigma Methods Reduce Troponin Turnaround Time for Emergency Department Patients in a 500-Bed Tertiary Hospital Level I Trauma Center

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

June 10th, 2015
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Ellenville Regional Helps Prevent Adverse Medication Incidents

Some patients have difficulty effectively managing their medications because they don't fully und...

July 11th, 2014
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One Step at a Time: Addressing Hypoglycemia Adverse Drug Events by Improving Insulin Management Through Rapid Cycle Improvement and Spread Process

After several monthly reviews of reported adverse drug events, hypoglycemia ranked highest for th...

March 12th, 2013
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Antibiotic Administration in One Hour or Less for Pediatric Oncology Patients with Fever and Neutropenia

To reduce the time to first dose of antibiotics to directly admitted pediatric oncology patients ...

March 12th, 2013
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Reduce Medication Errors Through the Implementation of Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE), Medication Bar Coding and Smart Pump Technology

After acknowledging that medication errors were on the rise, the facility implemented computerize...

March 12th, 2013
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