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At CHOP’s COVID-19 vaccine clinic, non-affiliated healthcare workers say the vaccine will help them stay heathy so they can continue to care for their patients.
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As part of the Harm Prevention Program at CHOP, the VTE prevention clinical pathway was created and VTE prevention processes were improved, leading to a significant reduction of VTEs in children.
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A collaborative effort helped reduce postoperative opioid prescription rates by more than 50 percent in patients undergoing surgery to remove a lesion or cyst.
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An effort to reduce the amount of bacteria on patients’ skin before surgery helped decrease surgical site infections by nearly 30 percent.
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Since March 2016, EBV screening compliance has increased from 60 percent to 95 percent, and this rate continues to be sustained.
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Implementation of the sepsis risk calculator tool reduced antibiotic initiation rate by 12 percent, allowing us to reach the high-quality target rate of 2.8 percent.
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Watch this video to learn why children get fevers and when to call the doctor.
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This care management intervention helped double the percent of patients with NPO time < 4 hours.
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This care management intervention reduced hospital visits for medically complex, Medicaid-insured patients.
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An initiative at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) reduced opioid use for children undergoing cleft surgery.