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Peripheral arterial disease is common. Screening with measurement of the ankle-brachial index will improve detection.
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Only about 12% of patients with new onset atrial fibrillation who did not have apparent contraindications to warfarin treatment filled prescriptions for it.
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A Strategy to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease by More Than 80 Percent; Pearly Penile Papules: Still No Reason for Uneasiness; The Epidemiology of Major Depressive Disorder
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A discovery that came out of a congestive heart failure (CHF) project led to a Medication Mission that is improving quality of life and reducing readmission rates for patients at St. Joseph Health Center in Warren, OH.
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Daily bed alerts, emergency department (ED) case management, and an express admit unit for direct admits from physician offices are among the initiatives that help streamline operations at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network in Allentown, PA.
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Whether your organization is seeking to reduce process inefficiencies or eliminate the chance of unintended patient harm, action taking is a critical step in the improvement cycle. The cycle involves devising a new or improved process, implementing changes, monitoring the effects of changes, making further adjustments where necessary, and continuing to monitor.
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A quality improvement project at a Michigan long-term care facility resulted in a decrease in the prevalence of chronic pain among its residents from 33% in March 2000 to 18% currently.
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Question: Our hospital routinely surveys patients and family members to gauge satisfaction with our services, but so far we havent really used those results in our accreditation efforts.
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A walking tour of each patient care area that includes clinical alarms could reveal both problems and solutions you might not otherwise consider, says Britton Berek, CCE, MBA, associate director of the standards interpretation group for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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As quality improvement professionals tackle the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations patient safety goals, one of the goals is proving to be more challenging and confounding than the others.