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Swedish Medical Center Reduces Mortality Rate by Nineteen Percent
Swedish Medical Center (Seattle, Washington, USA) has mounted a full court press on mortality in all three hospitals in its network: their unadjusted mortality rate dropped from an already low 2.1 percent in 2001 to 1.7 percent in mid-2005.

Pursuing Perfection: Report from Tallahassee on Reducing Mortality
Tallahasee Memorial Hospital (Tallahassee, Florida, USA) reduces patient mortality through an array of patient safety improvement initiatives as part of IHI's Pursuing Perfection program.

Building Rapid Response Teams
Two hospitals successfully implemented Rapid Response Teams — teams that can quickly respond to a patient and assess or even transfer the patient in minutes rather than hours — and reduced adverse events and mortality rates in both hospitals as a result.

Rapid Response Teams: Heading Off Medical Crises at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis (Memphis, Tennessee, USA) greatly reduces their mortality rates through the implementation of Rapid Response Teams.

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