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Improvement Report: Cutting Extubation Time in Half
Fort Sanders Parkwest Medical Center reduced the average extubation time for elective coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients from 12.2 hours to less than 5 hours.
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Across the Chasm Aim #2: Health Care Must Be Effective
Providing health care based on the best science is one of the chief aims outlined in the Institute of Medicine report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century.
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Across the Chasm Aim #1: Health Care Must Be Safe
Making safety a fundamental system property is one of the chief aims outlined in the Institute of Medicine report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century.
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No Nursing Shortage Here
In an industry that considers a 10 percent national vacancy rate to be a severe shortage, the current US national average for vacant registered nurse (RN) positions stands at 11 percent. The alarm about the nursing shortage has been sounding for more than a year, and continues to get louder and more urgent.
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Improvement Report: Reduction in Cost of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Low-Risk Patients
At Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Clinic, and Health Plan (Temple, Texas, USA) we have reduced the cost of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery (CABG) by 33 percent in low-risk patients and are continuing to hold the gains.
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Improvement Report: Improving Access to Orthopedic and Cardiology Appointments
Veterans Health Administration (Loma Linda, California, USA) aimed to reduce the waiting time for new appointments in Orthopedics from 200 to 300 days to 30 days and for Cardiology from 42 to 14 days.
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Across the Chasm: Six Aims for Changing the Health Care System
The Institute of Medicine report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, examines the immense divide between what we know to be good health care and the health care that people actually receive. It outlines six specific "Aims for Improvement."
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