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A Process Improvement Project Decreases Blood Culture Contamination Rates in the Emergency Room
The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementing evidence-based practices.
Early Elective Delivery: Decreasing Incidence of 37 to 39 Week Inductions and Cesarean Sections Without Medical Justification
In the 2010 reporting period (July 2009-June 2010), the medical center's incidence of early elective deliveries without medical justification per Leapfrog definitions was 33.5 percent.
Outreach Mailing System to Improve Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Screening Rate in Outpatient Clinical Setting
The hospital recognized an urgent need to improve the current rate of colorectal cancer screening and to identify precancerous lesions at an earlier stage in the normal risk population.
Improving Performance Using Evidence-Based Principles; Improving Discharge to Prevent Hospital Readmission of Heart Failure Patients
The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by taking advantage of industry experts and utilized external collaboratives such as Preventing Readmissio
Efforts to Eliminate Elective Deliveries Prior to 39 Weeks and Reduce Numbers of Elective Inductions
The decision was made to proceed with efforts to eliminate elective deliveries prior to 39 weeks and reduce numbers of elective inductions.
Emergency Department Case Management Program to Reduce High-Frequency Patient Utilization for Hospital and Community
An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable ambulance transfers, ED visits and hospitalizations for patients who used the ED more than 10 visit
Prevention of Post-Operative Aspiration Pneumonia of the Inpatient Population
The goal was to decrease the number of patients negatively affected by experiencing a post-operative aspiration pneumonia which increases length of stay and leads to poorer overall patient outcomes
Bi-directional Integration of Care Abstract
This project was designed to improve the total health care for patients of a community mental health center and the local Federally Qualified Healthcare Center through the development of an integra
Improving Mortality for the Septic Patient with a Resuscitation Bundle in the Emergency Department (ED)
A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expected, there was significant variation in the care these patients received.
Enhancing Hospital Safety Culture Through Use of Defect Huddle Incident Management System
Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident capture, analysis, prioritization and action.