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The disease management process at Bassett Medical Center was positively impacted after the hospit...
After reducing health care-acquired deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE) in 2011,...
Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...
This project has decreased cycle time for medication reconciliation at time of admission and for ...
As nonprofit hospitals in the U.S. complete a community health needs assessments (CHNA) process, ...
Across the United States, nonprofit hospitals are conducting community health needs assessments, ...
Patient safety is the number one priority at this facility. After discussing medication errors at...
An accurate home medication list serves as the "source of truth" for the entire process of medica...
The pediatric team at this hospital recognized the need to improve processes surrounding care of ...
The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...
There is a need for greater understanding of the factors that lead to improved process quality an...
This report indentifies and explains guiding principles to inform the implementation ofCommunity ...
Concord (N.H.) Hospital • 230-bed regional medical center • 17,194 admissions • 295 medical staff...
Greenville Health SystemGreenville, South Carolina786 Beds The Problem The diversity of the lead...
After several monthly reviews of reported adverse drug events, hypoglycemia ranked highest for th...
The goal was to improve turnaround times of troponin and EKGs within the cardiac patient populati...
After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...
This Lean project focused on improving processes in central sterile processing. All processes for...
Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...
As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...
For more than ten years, St. Elizabeth Medical Center has focused on length of stay and resource ...
St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester, division of Saint Joseph's Medical Center began this initiati...
To perform the study, Health System Change researchers conducted 114 interviews in 2010 with part...
The Problem Medication errors are among the most common medical errors, harming at least 1.5 mil...