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Pay for Performance--P4P
Continuum Health Partners' pay-for performance program (P4P) is designed to partner with physicians to help the organization improve quality and safety, and reduce inpatient resource utilizat
Root Cause Analysis Across a Hospital System
Health Quest uses and benefits from a system wide root cause analysis policy to address adverse and near-miss events.
Patient Safety in Imaging: A Multidimensional Approach for computerized Tomography Scans
The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual computerized tomography (CT) requests from 2007 to 2009 to identify opportunities to prevent overutilizati
Using Process Redesign and the Electronic Health Record to Improve Timely Notification and Documentation of Critical Laboratory Values
Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potential life-threatening conditions and is a requirement of regulatory and accreditation agencies includ
Developing a Fast Track Lung Cancer System to Improve Patient Safety by Expediting Diagnosis, Follow-Up and Treatment
Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits in the ambulatory setting.
Improving Patient Safety by Reducing Radiation Exposure from
The advent of computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology.
Implementation of TeamSTEPPS to Improve Communication, Patient Outcomes and Reduce Clinical Errors
Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient harm and promote cross professional collaboration.
Enhancing Patient Safety: Decreasing the Incidence of Flash Sterilization in Perioperative Services
Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms in the event that surgical instrumentation requiring immediate use becomes contaminated.
Mock Code and Rapid Response Training Initiative
For 18 months, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center implemented several interventions to reduce inpatient morbidity and mortality related to cardiopulmonary arrests.
Physician Reporting of Clinically Significant Events Via a Computerized Patient Sign-Out System
Although electronic reporting systems for near misses and adverse events have been implemented nationwide (and recently at New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center), physician partici