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At North Shore-LIJ Health System, teamwork is everywhere. This New York health system uses TeamSTEPPS—Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety—an evidence-based program developed by the Department of Defense and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.…
Zero is an important number at Broward Health North. The 409-bed community hospital in Deerfield Beach, Fla., is “chasing zero.” That's zero for 0 infections and 0 falls to keep patients safe.
A summer internship program growing in Brooklyn is introducing minority high school students to community health and issues of health care equity. The Health Disparities Summer Internship Program is part of the Brooklyn Health Disparities Center (BHDC), a partnership between SUNY Downstate Medical…
It is both “a sprint and a marathon.” That's how a team at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., described reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Along with SJMH, many hospitals and care systems are part of the sprint-marathon and using the Comprehensive Unit-…
Children diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavior disorders need quality care in a nurturing but structured and safe environment. The Innovations Program at Our Lady of Peace in Louisville, part of KentuckyOne Health, opened in 1997 with one adolescent unit and 22…
Holy Cross Hospital could be characterized as an emergency department with critical care units. The hospital sees about 45,000 visits annually in its ED, with by far the highest number of ambulance runs in the state of Illinois, about 60 per day. Acuity of its patients is high, averaging almost 1.4…
In 2008, Ellis Hospital launched a medical home at its Ellis Health Center campus. This initiative was connected with community-wide resources, such as the YMCA/YWCA, a homeless shelter, and HHC. The Ellis medical home provides primary care, pediatric care, dental care, mental health services and…
Howard University HospitalWashington, DC266 Beds Howard University Hospital is a private, nonprofit teaching hospital located in Washington, D.C.
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…