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Improving Throughput in Children's Surgical Services While Increasing the Use of Standard Best Practices
The clinic throughput time was viewed as excessive and lacked standardized best practices.
Palliative Care and the Patient: Pain and Symptom Management, Patient and Family Satisfaction, and Stay Length and Government Burden
This project involves raising awareness and expanding the palliative care program at HSHS St. John's Hospital and other hospitals within Hospital Sisters Health System.
Implementation of New Surgery Patient Advocate Role Improves Patient and Family Satisfaction
Undergoing surgery of any kind can be a stressful experience for patients and their families. The surgical center at HSHS St.
Patient-Centered Approach to Reducing Readmissions
Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St.
Achieving Perfect Patient Care for Two Years: It Is Possible
By using evidence-based medicine and hardwiring concurrent review, HSHS St.
Improving the Hospitalist-Primary Care Provider (PCP) Discharge Handoff
Inconsistencies in the discharge process provide an opportunity to standardize that process, reduce variability and improve information flow during handoffs.
Reducing Length of Stay (LOS) to Meet Geometric Mean Length of Stay (GMLOS) Targets
The goal of this quality improvement project was to reduce the length of hospitalization, to improve patient satisfaction and meet the geometric mean length of stay (GMLOS).
Surgery Cancellation Reduction: A Six Sigma Black Belt Project to Reduce Surgery Case Cancellation Rates
Surgery case cancellation rates OSF Center for Health were 10.5 percent over six months.
Outpatient Registration Improvement
Outpatient registration at OSF Center for Health required patients to stand in line for extended periods, and some patients had to wait more than seven minutes on occasion.
Taking the Reduction of Restrictive Measures below the National Average
Senior leadership at Streamwood Behavioral Healthcare System assembled an improvement team to use a Six Sigma approach to improve performance systematically, while reducing restrictive measures.