Contacts Clinical Contact Rosa M. Johnson, ARNP, MN, CPHQ Director, Medicare Operations, Washington Qualis Health 206-364-9700, ext. 2142 rosaj@qualishealth.org we decided...to look back into the history of improvement over the past four or five years, and ask where hospitals in our country have made changes, simple ones, successful ones, that avert needless deaths. Donald Berwick, President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Deploy Rapid Response Teams
...at the first sign of patient decline.
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Prevent Adverse Drug Events (ADEs)
… by implementing medication reconciliation.
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Deliver Reliable, Evidence-Based Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction
… to prevent deaths from heart attack.
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Prevent Central Line Infections
… by implementing a series of interdependent, scientifically grounded steps.
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Prevent Surgical Site Infections
… by reliably delivering the correct perioperative antibiotics at the proper time.
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Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
… by implementing a series of interdependent, scientifically grounded steps.
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