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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
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 ...
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...
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...
The Problem Medication errors are among the most common medical errors, harming at least 1.5 mil...