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Sinai Health System, Chicago, 鈥淗elping Adults Breathe and Thrive: A Healthy Homes Approach to Improving Respiratory Health of Adults with Asthma.鈥 In one year, the program reduced asthma-related emergency department visits by 66 PERCENT, hospitalizations by 57 percent and participants' daytime鈥
A unique telemedicine consultation between a rural hospital and skilled rehabilitation/nursing facility is dramatically reducing patient readmissions. Atlantic General Hospital, a 62-bed facility in Berlin, Md., discharges many patients to a local, privately owned post-acute care facility. In鈥
Nine in 10 adults in the community lacked the literacy skills to manage their health and prevent disease. That was the conclusion of staff members from Providence Medical Center in Wayne, Neb, after attending a health literacy summit in 2008. The 25-bed critical access hospital responded by鈥
In order to develop a durable systemic change, one Keene, N.H., program is making the healthy choice the easy choice. Turn a New Leaf, part of Healthy Monadnock 2020 and in cooperation with Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth Hitchcock-Keene, provides organizations with the tools, technical鈥
This year's winners of Health Care's Most Wired Survey are employing information technology to help they achieve the Triple Aim of health care. These hosptials ensure their application of HIT is driving value, connecting patients and physicians and even moving outside of the hospital鈥
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology coordinates nationwide efforts that support the use of certified health IT and promote the adoption of national standards and the interoperable exchange of health information. Through the recent efforts of federal programs鈥
This series focuses on the IHI's main topic areas of:
Improvement Capability
Person- and Family-centered Care
Patient Safety
Quality, Cost and Value
Triple Aim for Populations
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After learning of the '90 minute' standard of care for providing definitive treatment for cardiac patients, the team was charged with making recommendations to reach the '90 minute' goal. Records from 2006 found that in some instances it took as long as 7.5 hours to get patients from the emergency鈥
As part of Blueprint for Health (a statewide, public-private initiative authorized by the Vermont legislature), the largely rural St. Johnsbury health service area supports its six patient-centered medical home practices via a multidisciplinary team that provides preventive, chronic disease and鈥