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Crozer-Keystone Health System Evidence Based Medicine
and Patient Safety Goals

 

Evidence Based Medicine (EBM)

Continue improvement in Evidence Based Medicine metrics as evidence by:  

  • Each site will attain a composite score of 90% or greater for the following conditions:  AMI, HF, PN, SCIP, VTE, and VAP.  
  • Improve system-wide composite score for Glycemic control to 65%.
  • Improve the composite score for Pediatric Asthma to 90%.
  • Improve the system-wide composite score for Stroke to 90%.

Patient Safety

 

Implement strategies to significantly decrease the incidence of Hospital Associated Infections (HAI) as evidenced by:

  • Decrease System-wide ICUs VAP rate by 10% from Baseline FY 2007

  • Decrease System Hospitals Foley Associated UTI by 15% from Baseline FY 2007

  • Decrease System wide and ICU specific Catheter Related BSI by 20% from Baseline FY 2007

  • Decrease Hospital-wide MRSA by 10% from Baseline of FY 2007 

  • Implementation of a Culture of Safety throughout the system 

  • Complete a Safety Culture Survey 

  • Improve Medication Reconciliation compliance rate to over 90%. 

For CKHS Staff
Evidence-Based Medicine
Introduction
Emergence of EBM
Annual Reports on Quality
Evidence-Based Medicine at CKHS
CKHS EBM and Patient Safety Goals
CKHS Indicator Reports At A Glance
Acute Myocardial Infarction
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Heart Failure
Pneumonia
Surgical Site Infection
Transformation of the ICU
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