Registered Nurses Participate in Presenting Their Patients During Morning Rounds
June 4, 2008 | Story
Massachusetts General Hospital kept patient charts at the patients' bedsides, where they were easily accessed and updated.
Benchmarks and Best Practices
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Measuring the Contributions of Nurses to High-Value Health Care
May 18, 2011 | Program Result
Creating a set of measures that would make the connection between what nurses do and the quality of care patients receive and studying their implementation in hospitals.
Perfecting Patient Communication By Optimizing the Nurse Call System
May 13, 2010 | Story
Staff developed new process to improve utilization and functionally of hospitals call system that patents use to request assistance from nurses.
Documenting How Patients' Language Needs Are Met
January 14, 2010 | Story
Cambridge Health Alliance developed an electronic system in which providers document how a patient's language needs are met during a clinical encounter.
Boston Medical Center
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Boston Medical Center worked with the bed cleaning contractors at the hospital to reduce the bed turnaround time.
Stanley Street Treatment and Resources (SSTAR): Increased Admissions
April 28, 2010 | Program Result
SSTAR (Stanley Street Treatment and Resources) provides a range of services to residents of southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Gosnold on Cape Cod: Increasing Retention and Completion Rates in Inpatient Treatment
April 28, 2010 | Program Result
Gosnold on Cape Cod is the largest provider of addiction and mental health services on Cape Cod, with five inpatient and eight outpatient clinics located across Cape Cod and southeastern Massachusetts.
Fitchburg, Mass.
January 11, 2010 | Story
Community is among 50 sites making critical changes through national initiative to prevent obesity.
Somerville Farmers' Market Makes Healthy Eating Affordable for All
January 27, 2009 | Program Result
The partnership recognized that in order to accomplish its goals, all of its strategies needed to be culturally, linguistically and economically appropriate for community residents.
Somerville, Mass.
December 2, 2008 | Story
Somerville, Mass. community is among 50 sites making changes in national initiative to prevent obesity.