Essential hospitals serving complex patients can use the actionable information in this guide to replicate and implement NYC H+H’s process.
view more »Essential Hospitals and States: Confronting Transportation Barriers to Improve Health
March 18, 2019 ||Communities served by essential hospitals experience a disproportionate prevalence of transportation barriers. This challenge creates an opportunity for essential hospitals, in conjunction with state policy levers, to help mitigate such barriers.
view more »Institute Launches Essential Communities in Action Video Series
Jan. 25, 2019 ||Each video spotlights a unique community program at an essential hospital dedicated to a specific social determinant of health.
view more »Park Rx: A New Resource for Population Health
Dec. 9, 2016 ||Essential hospitals can turn to a new resource for prescribing physical activity and time outdoors: Park Rx, or Park Prescriptions.
view more »Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee Helps Drive Down C. diff
Dec. 15, 2014 ||Using a collaborative approach, Alameda Health System's Highland Hospital reduced its Clostridium difficile rate due to antibiotic exposure by 68.2 percent between 2010 through the second quarter of 2014.
view more »Maricopa Targets Zero HAIs by Going ‘Back to Basics’
Sept. 2, 2014 ||Using a diligent campaign of education, communication, and process changes aimed at reducing hospital-acquired infections, Maricopa Integrated Health System improved patient safety, reduced the incidence of infection, and shortened patients’ length of stay.
view more »Reducing Readmissions through Coordination, Communication
July 11, 2014 ||Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital recognized an opportunity to lead the way by developing a comprehensive, systems-based care transitions program to give patients proper care and the tools they need to stay out of the hospital.
view more »Truman Medical Centers improved medication safety by changing their stocking practices, implementing evidence-based order sets, and using a patient-centered education strategy.
view more »Multifaceted Approach Leads to Lasting HAPU Gains
March 31, 2014 ||Using a step-by-step approach, Truman Medical Centers implemented a variety of interventions across 2012 that decreased the prevalence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers by 78 percent.
view more »Process Redesign Leads to Lower CLABSI Incidence
Jan. 10, 2014 ||Truman Medical Centers reduced central line-associated blood stream infections in its intensive care units through an evidence-based strategy.
view more »NICU Culture Change Lowers Infection Rates
Nov. 9, 2013 ||Regional Medical Center's initiative to transform its safety culture helped the hospital go a year without a ventilator-associated pneumonia case in its NICU and periods of 100 days between central line-associated bloodstream infections.
view more »Improving the Patient Experience
Oct. 9, 2013 ||San Mateo Medical Center began its patient experience journey by forming a team that consulted with patients to identify five key areas for improvement.
view more »Hourly ‘Care Rounds’ Lead to Reduction in Falls Rate
Aug. 12, 2013 ||Eskenazi Health used a multifaceted and interdisciplinary falls prevention strategy to reduce falls by 40 percent from a 2010 baseline to the second quarter of 2013.
view more »Restructuring the Discharge Process Prevents Readmissions
April 9, 2013 ||UT Health Northeast sharply reduces readmissions by analyzing possible causes and identifying specific areas in need of attention and resources, including staff follow-up efforts and patient discharge instructions.
view more »From CEO to Nurse, Teamwork Helps Santa Clara Cut CLABSIs
March 9, 2013 ||Santa Clara Valley Medical Center builds on its success reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections by taking a systemic approach to sustain improvements and spread impactful practices to all units.
view more »How One LAC+USC Unit Became a Model in HAPU Prevention
Feb. 9, 2013 ||One ICU’s success rippled throughout the organization, significantly improving patient safety by helping the 676-bed hospital achieve an impressive drop in hospital-acquired pressure ulcers.
view more »MetroHealth Cuts Harm with ‘Wash-In, Wash-Out’
Jan. 9, 2013 ||The Cleveland hospital achieved notable reductions in hospital-acquired infections through a program that deployed four teams to manage drivers of hand hygiene compliance.
view more »UMC of El Paso Eliminates EEDs with United Front
Nov. 13, 2012 ||Through a March of Dimes collaborative, the hospital, which delivers about one-third of babies born in El Paso, reduced its EED rate from 27 percent to 0 percent and became the city's first hospital to eliminate EEDs.
view more »Shattering Silos: Care Coordination Cuts Diabetes Readmissions
Aug. 31, 2012 ||Truman Medical Centers employed a strategy that integrated diabetes care across all inpatient and outpatient departments, designated physician champions, and used data to identify high-risk patients.
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