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Goals of Care Conversations as a Method of Coordinating Care
During 2011, the hospital joined the IHA Project Re-Engineering Discharge (RED) collaborative to reduce avoidable hospital readmissions.
Timely Discharges and Reducing Readmissions
Good Samaritan Regional Health Center's medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge an inpatient once the discharge order had been written.
Performance Improvement: A Multidisciplinary Approach
The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every department of the hospital.
Surviving Sepsis Campaign
The purpose of the project was to improve the recognition and early goal directed treatment of patients with sepsis to reduce mortality rates by 50 percent in one year from implementation.
Improving Sepsis Mortality and Cost of Care through Quality Improvement
Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An evidence-based protocol for patient resuscitation was introduced.
Evidence-based Holistic Approach to the Prevention of Pressure Ulcers
The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidence-based clinical practice standards and effective prevention strategies that will have a direct impa
A Decade of Progress: Strategies to Reduce the Number of Hospital-acquired Pressure Ulcers
The reduction of HAPU has been a focus for 10 years at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center. Over that time, rates have decreased from 17 percent to 6-7 percent but practices were inconsistent.
The SKINcredible Team: Nurse-Driven Approach to Decreasing Hospital-acquired Pressure Ulcers
Quarterly surveys revealed elevated hospital-acquired pressure ulcer rates unchanged by previous interventions. A random survey of nurses revealed gaps in awareness and knowledge.
Acquired Pressure Ulcer Prevention
A pressure ulcer team was developed and Plan-Do-Study-Act practice was used to focus on process change.
It's All About the Patient: Prevention of Hospital-acquired Venous Thromboembolism
The aim of this project was to reduce the number of Venous Thromboembolisms acquired during hospitalization or within 30 days after discharge by increasing the number of patients who receive approp