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The case study addresses a hospital-based tobacco cessation initiative that serves patients regardless of diagnosis.
Patients may be Christian, Jew, Muslim or of any other religious expression—at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, their spiritual needs will be met. At the 468-bed acute care hospital, part of Lutheran HealthCare, Shabbos elevators operate from sundown Friday until sundown Saturday (and on…
Howard University HospitalWashington, DC266 Beds Howard University Hospital is a private, nonprofit teaching hospital located in Washington, D.C.
Geisinger Health SystemDanville, PA545 Beds Geisinger Health System is an integrated health services organization that serves more than 2.6 million residents in 44 counties in both central and northeastern Pennsylvania. The Problem
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…
Georgia Health Sciences Health Augusta, GA632 Beds Georgia Health Sciences Health System consists of a medical center, more than 80 outpatient practice sites, a critical care center and a Children's Medical Center.
Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA229 Beds Cambridge Health Alliance is an integrated health system that includes three hospitals, 12 primary care practices and numerous specialty centers. Cambridge Health Alliance also provides public health services to the city of Cambridge.
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…