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This toolkit provides a framework for creating interventions that promote the Healthy People 2020 agenda. It utilizes the MAP-IT approach (Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track) and provides resources associated with each step.
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-…
This article aims to define the term 'healthy communities' based on existing literature on the topic. Key elements fall under characteristics of a healthy community and the process in which healthy communities engage.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) presented Captain Padden and Commander Case with awards recognizing their outstanding service to the health care field.
Only a small percentage of patients develop a health care-associated infection after surgery, and it is estimated that about half of such infections are preventable. West Valley Medical Center, a 150-bed community hospital in Caldwell, Idaho, participates in STOP SSIs—Study to Optimally…
This guide describes a three-step action plan from the On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI project that helps hospitals and care systems achieve and sustain reductions in CAUTI infection rates.