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A performance improvement project was initiated to reduce the number of elective inductions and cesarean sections.
In 2009, a multi-pronged approach involving all stakeholders was launched aimed at early identification and treatment to reduce inpatient sepsis mortality.
As part of Blueprint for Health (a statewide, public-private initiative authorized by the Vermont legislature), the largely rural St. Johnsbury health service area supports its six patient-centered medical home practices via a multidisciplinary team that provides preventive, chronic disease and…
Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency department within 30 days of hospital discharge. Interventions included identifying potential readmissions during ED triage and paging key team members with every potential readmission. The teams and…
AHA testimony on the Department of Veterans Affairs' ability to promptly pay non-VA providers.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and CVS Health will colaborate to put lifesaving information about preventive services into the hands of millions of consumers where they are already looking for it—on CVS Health's MinuteClinic.com and CVS.com/myhealthfinder websites.
The CDC features a new website featuring prevention training, tools and tips for prevention practitioners. As every community health improvement professionals now, violence is a population health issue and needs to be address in order to successfully achieve the Triple Aim. It spells out each…
The AHA and the American Medical Association collaborated on this paper to present both physicians and hospital leaders a set of guiding principles for integration. Those six principles are:
Physician and hospital leaders with similar values and expectations aligned financial and non-financial…
In this webinar learn how health care leaders are using these tools in their own organizations and as part of a larger community engagement effort to position their region to pursue a multisector change strategy that addresses the system-level causes of population health outcomes.
The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and national average for all three quality indicators (AMI, CHF and community-acquired pneumonia). In January 2011, the hospital started a new CQI+ team to implement the Illinois Hospital Association Project Re…