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Rapid Response Team--Measurable and Sustained Success
Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisciplinary medical team approach to assess and treat a patient whose condition is deteriorating, and to
The Value of an Organized Fracture Program for the Elderly: Improved Outcomes and Reduced Costs
Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complications, length of stay, mortality, and readmission rates) and lower costs using a model of co-mana
A Successful Joint Academy Program--A Multidisciplinary Team Achieves Faster Healing
The Joint Academy is a multidisciplinary team approach that begins in the community with orthopedic surgeons giving lectures on Joint Pain and Hip and Knee Wellness.
Stop the Bleeding! Using a Nurse Practitioner to Impact Compliance in an Inpatient Anticoagulant Program
Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, 'Reduction of the Likelihood of Patient Harm Associated with the Use of Anticoagulant Therapy' in 2008,Lutheran Medical Cent
Appropriate Sedation of Ventilator Patients
Rome Memorial Hospital began this project as a prelude to developing a progressive mobility program.
"Knot So Fast"--Sustainable Restraint Reduction in Critical Care
South Nassau Communities Hospital initiated the 'Knot So Fast' project to promote a safe and efficient restraint-reduced environment in critical care and to identify registered nurses' attitudes, k
Real-Time Feedback to Caregivers Can Improve Core Measures Outcomes
Until recently, Stony Brook University Medical Center's approach to core measure data consisted of retrospective chart reviews by the decision support department after final coding.
Evolution of a Rapid Response Team: Using Outcomes Data to Further Reduce Medical Emergencies
The Brooklyn Hospital Center formed a multidisciplinary rapid response team in 2009 to respond to emergent patient care situations within the non-critical care areas of the hospital.
Improving Compliance with Surgical Care Improvement Project Indicators
At the end of the second quarter of 2010, The Brooklyn Hospital Center identified that only four out of the nine measures in the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) measure set had met the est
Using Digital Imaging to Reduce Errors in the Identification, Assessment and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers
Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to track ulcer status.