Case Studies
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association produces case studies on its member organizations across a wide range of health-care topics.
AIM focuses care on people with advanced illness, which often involves more than one chronic diagnosis such as cancer, heart failure, or dementia. Their general health is declining and their care needs are increasing, as are unwanted emergency visits and hospitalizations. AIM helps them anticipate…
The SUNY Downsstate Medical Center kidney transplant team identified an increase in the difference between expected and actual graft rejections/patient expirations rates. SUNY Donstate, in partnership wtih Metrompolitan Jewish Health System's long-term home health care program created the post…
Falls prevention monitoring led to a closer look at Mercy Medical Center's acute inpatient rehabilitation population. It was noted that 90 percent of patients who fell in December 2009 were cerebral vascular accident patients. Twenty-two percent of the patients who fell had left-sided CVAs, 67…
Emergency department admitted patients used to wait an average of 24 hours for an inpatient bed at Mercy Medical Center. The functional capacity of the ED for 'treat and release' patients was impaired, post-anesthesia recovery room flow was adversely affected, and patient and staff satisfaction…
This P2P Series presents case studies of hospitals improving their environments to better support the health of their employees and embody the mission of their organization.
A report by the Center for Post-acute Innovation & Research
In September 2004, ProHealth Care went public with its Consumer Inquiry Line, a 24-hour hotline that consumers can call to learn charges for common health care procedures.
The guide is a resource for those interested or already engaged in quality improvement initiatives to improve culturally and linguistically appropriate services and to reduce disparities in health care.
Holy Family Medical Center - Des Plaines, Illinois. Reducing Long Term Acute Care Hospital \(LTACH\) Central-Line Associated Bloodstream Infection \(CLABSI\) Episodes.