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Change can be uncomfortable. But no matter how sophisticated, hospitals and health care systems need to progress—to redefine, change and be relevant. Hospital teams are working to find better ways to provide high-quality care at lower costs to improve the health of people in their communities…
What is it?For the last 16 years, North Mississippi Medical Center (NMMC) has hosted the annual Live Well Health Fair. During this event, NMMC and other community organizations partner to offer free seasonal flu shots and free health screenings for anxiety, blood pressure, glaucoma, depression,…
Early and safe mobility of critically ill patients in a cardiovascular surgical intensive care unit was addressed in this study. Using a multilevel mobility protocol, the team aimed to decrease the CVICU length of stay, decrease ventilator hours and evaluate the patients' experience of care related…
To reduce the time to first dose of antibiotics to directly admitted pediatric oncology patients with febrile neutropenia, an interdisciplinary quality improvement team systematically analyzed admission and treatment processes to identify barriers to care and key tactics for process improvement. A…
Development of a Norwood Clinic allowed the quality improvement team to create goals to decrease morbidity and mortality and improve the long-term quality of lifefor patients with HLHS. Over the past year, the hospital focused on innovative operative and post-operative care, effective care…
Helen DeVos Children's HospitalGrand Rapids, MI212 Beds Helen DeVos Children's Hospital examined its patient rounding process and decided it needed to become more family-centered.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH577 Beds Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is an academic teaching hospital. In 2001, the institution began the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Pursuing Perfection initiative that includes the development of an…
Involving everyone from front-line staff to executive committees to home health agencies to patients' families, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta significantly reduced infections among its pediatric patients. The campaign started at the 529-bed health care organization in 2006 with the goal to…
The vascular access team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta embraced a multidisciplinary approach utilizing education and development of practice bundles, which, over the past four years, has enabled Children's Healthcare to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections among…
Americas hospitals are committed to protecting the health and well-being of all patients, especially newborns. Research demonstrates that early-term, non-medically necessary deliveries result in higher neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions and increased health complications for babies. To…