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Case Study: Improving ICU Care at the Porter Valparaiso Hospital Campus
McCarthy D. Case Study: Improving ICU Care at the Porter Valparaiso Hospital Campus. Quality Matters: December Update from The Commonwealth Fund. December 2004.

This community hospital dramatically improved the quality and safety of care for ICU patients through an evidence-based collaborative improvement model. The hospital's critical care team reduced patient infections, achieved better glucose control, had fewer mortalities, and experienced shorter hospital stays.

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