Case Studies
The 黑料正能量 Association produces case studies on its member organizations across a wide range of health-care topics.
Bassett Medical Center, a 180-bed hospital in Cooperstown, New York, has implemented and sustained a safety huddle program. According to Bassett leadership, 鈥淢any issues raised at the safety huddle lend themselves to rapid-cycle improvement methodology; several have resulted in鈥
Children's Hospital Colorado launched a fun, hospital-wide hand hygiene challenge called 鈥淕erm Crusher鈥 over a four-week period in the summer of 2015. In this challenge, twelve departmental teams competed to achieve the best hand hygiene compliance.
Meritus Health's replacement hospital, Meritus Medical Center, opened five years ago in Washington County, Md., to provide hospital and health care services to residents of Maryland and the surrounding region. MMC deployed an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach for the prevention of SSIs or鈥
Norwood Hospital is a full-service, 263-bed community hospital in Norwood, Massachusetts. In 2013, TeamHealth Hospital Medicine began providing the facility's hospital medicine staffing, clinical leadership and performance management services with a goal of decreasing length of stay and improving鈥
Citrus Valley Health Partners (CVHP) is a nonprofit comprehensive health care system based in Los Angeles County, California. In January 2014, the journey to transform health care and create a culture of safety with RPI and Lean Six Sigma began at Citrus Valley Health Partners. Partnering with the鈥
Clark Regional Medical Center (CRMC) is a 79 bed, community hospital serving the residents of east central Kentucky. In 2012, CRMC teams began using safety boards, a simple strategy to allow anyone 鈥 including patients and family members鈥 to raise concerns about safety. Three zones on鈥
The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highlight important work on the part of hospitals and health systems around readmissions, Statewide Performance Improvement Agenda goals, total medical expense reduction and improved outcomes. The First鈥
Injectable extended-release formulation of naltrexone marketed as Vivitrol is a recent significant addition to substance use disorder pharmacotherapy for alcohol and for opiate dependence. It is especially helpful due to the lack of abuse potential and for its ability to block the effects of other鈥
What is it?CentraState鈥檚 Student Health Awareness Center (SHAC) has a seven-year history of providing drug-prevention and education events for students, school staff and parents. Through collaborations with other community organizations, programs have included educational events, classroom lessons鈥
What is it?The Healthy Hub is a one-stop screening and referral-to-care kiosk that arms residents with information about their health. Free to the public, the Hub operates in the hospital lobby five days a week. Visitors receive screenings including BMI, blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol鈥