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Surgical Site Infections
In August 2010, the Center for Transforming Healthcare launched its fourth project which aims to reduce surgical site infections in patients having colorectal surgery and colorectal procedures.
How-to Guide: Prevent Obstetrical Adverse Events
This how-to guide describes the essentials elements of preventing obstetrical adverse events, including the safe use of oxytocin and key evidence-based care components in the IHI Perinatal Bundles:
IHI Global Trigger Tool for Measuring Adverse Events
The use of 'triggers' or clues to identify adverse events is an effective method for measuring the overall level of harm in a health care organization.
IHI Improvement Capability Self-Assessment Tool
The IHI Improvement Capability Selfâ€ÂÂAssessment Tool is designed to assist organizations in assessing their capability in six key areas that support improvement:
MATCH - Medication Reconciliation Toolkit
Northwestern Memorial Hospital developed a comprehensive toolkit focused on the prevalence and impact of adverse events, medication safety, medication reconciliation and the implementation of the e
Improving Patient Decision-Making in Health Care: A 2012 Dartmouth Atlas Series
Medicine involves decisions.
Local Public Hospitals: Changing with the Times
For the last 15 years, public hospitals have pursued multiple strategies to help maintain financial viability without abandoning their mission to care for low-income people, according to findings
Improving Patient and Worker Safety - Opportunities for Synergy, Collaboration and Innovation
Health care professionals whose focus is on patient safety are very familiar with these alarming and frequently cited statistics from the Institute of Medicine: medical errors result in the death o
The Cost and Coverage Implications of the ACA Medicaid Expansion: National and State-by-State Analysis
A central goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is to significantly reduce the number of uninsured by providing a continuum of affordable coverage options through Medicaid and new
Enlightened Interdependence
Hospital trustees considering a merger or other affiliation should ask themselves if they are treating a short-term problem with a long-term solution.