Stories and Videos: Prevention

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Team controls hypertension, earns spot at Quality Conference

04/11/2012 This snapshot describes how a team increased blood pressure control with a targeted outreach plan. [ SNAPSHOT ]

Georgia: Sponsors as matchmakers

03/21/2012 A sponsor-led call is helping teams share best practices, as this article from the 2011 LMP Performance report shows. [ STORY ]

Errors drop with pre-op doubling up

11/09/2011 At the Ambulatory Surgery Center in Colorado, two nurses review a patient's check-off list before surgery, dramatically reducing missed antibiotic orders. [ SNAPSHOT ]

Seamless care for respiratory patients

10/04/2011 Colorado UBT improves follow-up care for Emergency patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [ STORY ]

Cute kids inspire clean hands

09/19/2011 An inpatient pediatrics department hard-wires healthy hand hygiene practices with strategically placed reminder posters and gel sanitizer dispensers. [ SNAPSHOT ]

Zap the VAP! Keeping babies safe

09/19/2011 The Downey NICU vanquishes ventilator-acquired pneumonia in its tiny patients by focusing on hand hygiene. [ STORY ]

Using teamwork to boost vaccinations

04/21/2011 Look at how South San Francisco pediatrics department increased their HEDIS scores for the number of kids two and younger who are current on their immunizations. [ SNAPSHOT ]

San Diego Ophthalmology eyes preventive care

11/22/2010 San Diego Ophthalmology improved their rates of printing "care gap summaries" for patients from 69 percent in April 2009 to 85.4 percent in May 2010. [ SNAPSHOT ]

Blood pressure screenings on the rise in Head and Neck department

10/14/2010 A speciality department at South Bay Medical Center learns the value of routine screenings and gets results. [ SNAPSHOT ]

Doing more with less

07/24/2009 A look at an Ohio internal medicine team's all-encompassing approach to addressing diabetic control in the midst of losing three of their five providers in 2008. [ STORY ]