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Supporting Regional Response Team Learning Networks

June 3, 2010 | Program Result Report

In December 2005 RWJF funded nine hospital associations and health care systems with grants of up to $150,000 apiece for each to work with at least 25 of their member hospitals to establish rapid response teams.

Treating Patients More Quickly with RACE

August 11, 2009 | Story

The RACE project introduced a standardized process by which each participating hospital designates a reperfusion and triage strategy for STEMI patients to decrease door-to-balloon times for percutaneous coronary intervention.

Transforming Hospital Culture

December 16, 2008 | Program Result Report

In the early 2000s, hospitals began taking steps to improve their organizational culture. They aimed to address several challenges, including patient dissatisfaction, nursing shortages and poor financial performance.

Poor Ratings from Community Wake Up Hospital

December 16, 2008 | Program Result Report

In 2003, St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho got a jolt when the marketing department conducted routine focus groups among community members.

Coordinated Health Care Experiment Unsuccessful

August 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

Wake Forest University School of Medicine sought to expand the clinical data management system of a community health center to form an information network.

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