IHA case studies
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At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...
Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...
After reducing health care-acquired deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE) in 2011,...
Because the medical center’s lost charge capture related to IV injection and infusions totaled $8...
The project focused on managing sepsis in the emergency department and in admitted patients, with...
A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...
Outpatient registration at OSF Center for Health required patients to stand in line for extended ...
The C. diff collaborative is an ongoing initiative that was developed to improve the early identi...
Utilization of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Outcomes Improvements, 30-Day Readmissions and Morta...
Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...
Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...
After learning of the "90 minute" standard of care for providing definitive treatment for cardiac...
The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...
SMH was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative designed to improve quality, effi...
St. John's implemented a web-based business intelligence platform that integrates physician quali...
Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...
The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...
This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...
After several monthly reviews of reported adverse drug events, hypoglycemia ranked highest for th...
Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...
As part of Franciscan St. James Health's commitment to improve the surgery processes, the hospita...
After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...
A Lean project to address why physicians were not receiving lab results in a timely manner was im...
This Lean project focused on improving processes in central sterile processing. All processes for...
The OSF cardiac service line implemented a STEMI Improvement project to identify obstacles that c...
Resurrection Medical Center had a percutaneous coronary intervention within 90 minutes compliance...
The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...
Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...
