Intermountain Healthcare: Using Leapfrog Safety Grade Certifications to Improve Medication Safety
A case study looking at how Intermountain Healthcare worked to improve medication safety for their patients without increasing alert fatigue and provider burnout.
Using Technology to Transform Recruitment Strategies in Clinical Research
Davies Award of Excellence Case Study for "Using Technology to Transform Recruitment Strategies in Clinical Research" by Cleveland Clinic.
Creation of a Novel Pediatric Palliative Care Navigator to Improve End-of-Life Care for Children with Serious Illness
An interdisciplinary group of three nurses and two physicians with quality and information technology experience developed the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary pediatric palliative navigator to help tailor pediatric needs, drive development of benchmarks in our field, and ensure gold sta...
Using AI and Collaborative Workflows to Predict and Prevent Clinical Deterioration
Stanford Medicine embarked on a mission to bridge the gap in utilizing machine-learning (ML) models for enhancing care delivery, focusing on three fundamental challenges within the health system.
Antimicrobial Stewardship: Longitudinal Outcomes of Performance Improvement
The implementation of the AMS program required a comprehensive approach, involving community support and education.
Mackenzie Health’s Successful COVID-19 Response
Review a strategic response to the pandemic, marked by collaboration, clinical excellence, and advanced digital health tools, which led to the conversion of their new hospital site into a COVID-19 relief facility.
Multimodal Pain Management: A Successful Approach to System Initiatives by Targeting Different Aspects of Opioid Reduction
Intermountain Health enacted opioid stewardship measures in 2018, focusing on reducing opioid prescriptions, educating caregivers, standardizing pain management techniques, and utilizing data-driven tools for sustained practice changes.
Use of AI-enhanced data analysis to identify persons at risk of chronic kidney disease, assist in delivery of kidney-protective therapeutics and reduce hospitalizations
Intermountain Health Kidney Services (IKS) is a collaborative effort between Intermountain Health and MDClone to improve care for individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Implementation of a Pulmonary Disease Navigator Program for 30-day Chronic Lung Disease Readmission Reduction
This case study describes a COPD playbook driven by a multi-disciplinary team, integrating tools like a COPD dashboard and evidence-based protocols in the electronic medical record.
Reducing Medication Errors by Revamping mCDS Alerting: The Goldilocks Principle
Northern Light Health began a new initiative to enhance patient safety by reducing the degree of alert fatigue, with the expectation that removal of nuisance alerting would positively impact not just the provider EHR experience, but also reduce the overall incidence of medication errors systemwid...
Comprehensive and Standardized Cardiovascular Care Leads to Decreased Readmissions
On June 15, 2020, Northern Light Health went live with a 30-day readmission prevention risk predictor. The predictor assists the care team in identifying patients who are at risk for readmission and to mitigate those risks through coordinated discharge and transition planning. The solution integr...