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Meridian Health is a leading not-for-profit health care organization in New Jersey, comprised of six hospitals, nursing and rehabilitation centers and outpatient centers. At Meridian Health, 17 percent of patients are from racially and ethnically diverse groups. Knowledge of cultural customs…
AHA Comments on USP Proposed General Chapter <800> Hazardous Drugs - Handling in Healthcare Settings
The AHA urges USP to revise its proposals to allow for alternative approaches that keep health care personnel safe and minimize the need to make major renovations to the health care facility.
The hospital applied for the Joint Commission certification as a Primary Stroke Center. In order to achieve certification, performance data was collected and analyzed. An opportunity for improvement in partial thromboplastin time results available to clinicians in 45 minutes was identified. The…
Many Medicare patients with life-limiting illnesses had no documented advanced directive while in the ICU. The hospital's aim is to address their physical, emotional and social needs by having a plan of care goal conversation in order to establish a written advanced directive. This project…
The compendium is a collection of action-oriented resources that can help design and implement strategies that will assist in delivering care that is safe, timely, equitable, effective, efficient and patient-centered.
This webinar featured three case studies, all of which excel in engaging patients and their families, the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Health Central Hospital in Florida and Schneck Medical Center in Indiana.
The AHA strongly supports the conference agreement on H.R. 3230, the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 and to urge its quick passage by Congress.
It is estimated that 25 percent of falls by hospital patients are preventable. Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, a 380-bed hospital in Boise, Idaho, launched an initiative to reduce falls by half in one calendar year. Led by the hospital's nursing quality and safety coordinator, the project…