Top health systems strive to reduce variation in performance across network

Modern Healthcare: At the three hospitals in the Asante health system, the process for preventing central line-associated bloodstream infections is designed to proceed in exactly the same way.

The nurse manager in each unit is tasked with rounding on all patients who have a central venous catheter to check if it's clean and properly in place. To do this, she begins each shift by logging onto her personalized dashboard, which is available through the electronic health record system. There she can view all the patients on her floor who have a catheter in place.

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