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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...
The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...
The health system did not have an adequate process for notifying staff when a patient was on cont...
In 2013, the facility’s hospital-onset (HO) infection rate for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) ha...
The project focused on managing sepsis in the emergency department and in admitted patients, with...
The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...
Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...
Antibiotic stewardship was implemented in 2011 and focuses on five "D's": Drug, De-escalation of ...
Reduction in the use of fluoroquinolones is an important intervention for antimicrobial stewardsh...
Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs direct judicious antimicrobial use to optimize patient outcome...
Strengthening - Treatment - Outcomes - Patients Elmhurst Hospital Center participated in develop...