Patient falls during hospitalization can lead to increased inpatient care costs, decreased patien...

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Rates of inpatient medication errors range from 45 to 76 percent, with most errors occurring on-a...

May 16th, 2016
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The goal was to decrease the number of patients negatively affected by experiencing a post-operat...

March 27th, 2015
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The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...

March 22nd, 2015
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A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...

June 1st, 2012
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Obstructive sleep apnea is an often unrecognized contributing cause for respiratory failure in ho...

June 1st, 2012
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Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...

February 1st, 2012
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Falls prevention monitoring led to a closer look at Mercy Medical Center's acute inpatient rehabi...

October 9th, 2011
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n response to growing interest from the hospital community in better understanding and improving ...

October 1st, 2011
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