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Achieving and Maintaining SCIP Normothermia

Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, partnered with the operating room (OR) staff to work on improving the temperature management of sur
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Mouth Care Compliance

Good Samaritan Hospital's Clinical Transformation Team guided the formation of a Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Team with a goal of decreasing cases of VAP to as close to zero as possible, to
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Rapid Response Team--Measurable and Sustained Success

Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisciplinary medical team approach to assess and treat a patient whose condition is deteriorating, and to
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The Value of an Organized Fracture Program for the Elderly: Improved Outcomes and Reduced Costs

Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complications, length of stay, mortality, and readmission rates) and lower costs using a model of co-mana
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A Successful Joint Academy Program--A Multidisciplinary Team Achieves Faster Healing

The Joint Academy is a multidisciplinary team approach that begins in the community with orthopedic surgeons giving lectures on Joint Pain and Hip and Knee Wellness.
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Stop the Bleeding! Using a Nurse Practitioner to Impact Compliance in an Inpatient Anticoagulant Program

Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, 'Reduction of the Likelihood of Patient Harm Associated with the Use of Anticoagulant Therapy' in 2008,Lutheran Medical Cent
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Appropriate Sedation of Ventilator Patients

Rome Memorial Hospital began this project as a prelude to developing a progressive mobility program.
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"Knot So Fast"--Sustainable Restraint Reduction in Critical Care

South Nassau Communities Hospital initiated the 'Knot So Fast' project to promote a safe and efficient restraint-reduced environment in critical care and to identify registered nurses' attitudes, k
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Real-Time Feedback to Caregivers Can Improve Core Measures Outcomes

Until recently, Stony Brook University Medical Center's approach to core measure data consisted of retrospective chart reviews by the decision support department after final coding.