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Saratoga Hospital Medical Group bolsters pain management in primary care
Saratoga Hospital's new interdisciplinary pain team supports primary care providers with opioid risk mitigation and utilization, pain regimen optimization and chronic pain stabilization.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center transforms care for adolescents and young adults
Their comprehensive clinical and research enterprise is dedicated to closing gaps and transforming the experience, care and outcomes of adolescents and young adults with cancer worldwide.
Gouverneur Skilled Nursing Facility augments UTI detection and treatment
The UTI care bundle at Gouverneur Skilled Nursing Facility successfully reduced UTI rates among residents from 1.2% in 2020 to 0.4% in 2021.
Samaritan Medical Center streamlines COVID-19 patient flow and treatment
Samaritan Medical Center's outpatient management program for mild to at-risk COVID-19 patients helped them facilitate safe discharges and free up acute care beds for those in need.
St. Joseph’s Health enriches patient well-being through music therapy
Through their personalized music therapy program, St. Joseph's Health decreased agitated behavior in geriatric patients.
St. Joseph Hospital advances emergency department communication
Through techniques like bedside shift reports and appreciative coaching, St. Joseph Hospital improved nurse communication in the ED to keep their patients safe and informed.
Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital enhances staff safety
By implementing a violence assessment tool, behavioral intervention plan, PPE carts and a behavioral escalation response team, they decreased overall staff injuries by more than 60% and increased RN satisfaction.
Westchester Behavioral Health Center improves staff and patient safety
Patient aggression can be common in psychiatric settings and incidences of verbal and physical violence toward staff have significantly increased in recent years.
Geneva General Hospital streamlines stroke treatment
Effective stroke treatments exist, but timely access to these treatments is not always available to rural and community hospitals and the patients they serve.
Nathan Littauer Hospital reduces insulin-induced episodes of hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia prevention and rapid treatment are key to patient safety, glycemic control and averting organ damage and mortality.
Good Samaritan Hospital improves OUD and NAS care for mothers and newborns
Opioid use disorder in pregnancy and neonatal abstinence syndrome have escalated dramatically in recent years, and have been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Oneida Health Hospital reduces risk of severe sepsis and septic shock
Severe sepsis and septic shock cause serious risk of morbidity and mortality, with risk of mortality increasing about 10% in patients with sepsis and more than 40% in patients with septic shock.
