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The link between excessive work hours and adverse errors is inseparable. This project investigated if work hour guidelines and education had an impact on nurse work hours, fatigue management and patient outcomes. New hospital guidelines proposed employees do not work more than three, 12-hour shifts…
The goal of this project was to decrease the utilization rates of indwelling urinary catheters and ultimately decrease rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infections. During the eight quarters prior to project implementation, 33 percent of nursing units did not outperform the National…
Hypertension—the silent killer—impacts more than one in three Americans and is a leading cause of strokes, heart attacks and other serious illnesses. Catching it early and controlling it is key to saving lives which is why Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center started a program that coordinates…
White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital Center's interdisciplinary team developed a disinfection procedure that successfully reduced central line-associated blood stream infections by 70 percent. The procedure includes disinfecting the catheter hub on peripherally inserted central catheters with an IV…
NYU Lutheran Healthcare, Brooklyn, N.Y., created a shared medical appointment program transforming the usual doctor visit and providing essential health education to its patients.
Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital's care transition program successfully reduced all-cause hospital readmission from 10 percent in 2012 to 4 percent in 2013 to 3.5 percent in 2014. This 25-bed critical access hospital coordinated care across the continuum and created a committee with 21…
AHA comments to CMS regarding the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Payment Model proposed rule.
AHA comments to CMS regarding the physician fee schedule proposed rule for calendar year 2016.
Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Sept. 4, 2015