Case Studies
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association produces case studies on its member organizations across a wide range of health-care topics.
The PICC team was created in March 2010 after the facility had documented an increase in PICC-associated DVTs. The team's goal was to review how PICC lines were inserted and maintained. After comparing the process to evidence based medicine, a number of steps were changed including the manner of…
Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of 2008, a performance improvement project was initiated with the goal of eliminating all CLABSIs while providing safe, effective, efficient and patient-centered care to patients with central lines. A…
Infants born to mothers electively at a gestational age of 37-39 weeks are more likely to develop respiratory distress requiring mechanical ventilation. These children are more likely to have lifelong problems with asthma and other respiratory ailments. In central Illinois, there has been an…
Development of a Norwood Clinic allowed the quality improvement team to create goals to decrease morbidity and mortality and improve the long-term quality of lifefor patients with HLHS. Over the past year, the hospital focused on innovative operative and post-operative care, effective care…
The goal was to improve turnaround times of troponin and EKGs within the cardiac patient population in the emergency department. The chief nursing officer led this initiative, utilizing Lean methodology with an interdisciplinary approach, focusing on streamlining patient flow. Strategies for…
The glycemic collaborative is an ongoing, multidisciplinary initiative developed to improve blood glucose management for adult hyperglycemic patients during acute inpatient hospitalization. The goals are to develop improvement strategies that will manage blood glucoses to prevent hypoglycemia (…
OverviewMedStar National Rehabilitation Network (MedStar NRH) is working through a grant with the U.S. Paralympics and Department of Veterans Affairs to provide the Integrated Adapted Sports Program for Veterans. This program facilitates opportunities to enable disabled veterans to return to a…
OverviewSt. Rose Dominican Hospitals partners with Susan G. Komen for the Cure, National Breast Cancer Foundation, and the Avon Foundation to offer R.E.D. Rose (Responsible Early Detection of Breast Cancer). This collaborative program provides free clinical breast exams, mammograms, ultrasounds,…
What is it?Phelps County Regional Medical Center (PCRMC) Medical Group Pediatric Dental Clinic is a specialty clinic with four kid-friendly operatories. In addition, the PCRMC Ambulatory Surgery Unit is used weekly to complete cases in which the operating room is required for full-mouth restoration…
What is it?The school-based health center provides convenient access to preventive and primary health services for students who might otherwise have limited or no access to health care.Who is it for?Elementary, middle and high school students in five schools in Southwest Louisiana.Why do they do it…