System-affiliated
Barnes-Jewish HospitalSt. Louis, MO1,305 Beds
Adventist HealthCareRockville, Maryland1,045 Beds
Baylor Health Care SystemDallas, TX3,653 Beds
As the new operations manager of Delaware Valley Hospital's primary care centers began her assessment of current processes, she identified the following problems in the medication sampling program: compliance with current processes was poor; there was no consistency in accepting samples;…
An unprecedented cluster of infant falls from post-cesarean section mothers' arms sparked the maternal child nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center to examine their infant safety strategies. These events represented a call to action related to co-sleeping, and a task force was…
Improving patient flow throughout the Bon Secours Charity Health System is critical to patient safety, employee and patient satisfaction, and financial well being. Bon Secours is committed to clinical transformation and improving clinical and financial measures in performance improvement projects.…
Experience the calming influence of Coney Island Hospital's "Code Grey" crisis prevention team in psychiatric units.
Anticoagulants have been identified as one of the top five medication classes associated with patient safety incidents in the United States. Continuum Health Partners' anticoagulation safety taskforce established a comprehensive anticoagulation safety program with the goal of reducing harm…
Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and prevent hospital-onset C. difficile infections. This successful program involved senior leadership, interdisciplinary teams, use of evidence-based practices, checklists and timely feedback of data.
Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potential life-threatening conditions and is a requirement of regulatory and accreditation agencies including The Joint Commission and the College of American Pathologists.