Evidence-Based Care Teams:
Teams and Descriptions

Heart Attack – AMI (Acute Myocardial Infarction)
A heart attack, also called an AMI or Acute Myocardial Infarction, happens when the arteries leading to the heart become blocked and the blood supply is slowed or stopped. The heart will try to make up for its weakened state by pumping faster, thus putting more strain on it. View our measures...

Heart Failure
Heart failure is a weakening of the heart’s pumping power. With heart failure your body doesn’t get enough oxygen and nutrients to meet its needs. This may lead to congestion in the lungs and cause swelling in the legs and ankles. View our measures...

Pneumonia
Pneumonia is a serious lung infection caused by bacteria or viruses. The lungs fill up with fluid preventing oxygen from reaching the blood, thus causing the spread of infection throughout the body. Common side effects include: difficulty breathing, fever, cough and fatigue. View our measures...

Total Hip & Knee Replacement
The hip and knee joints wear out due to age, injury or disease. Artificial joints can surgically replace diseased joints to improve the ability to walk and or to reduce pain. View our measures...

Surgical Care Improvement Project
Hospitals can reduce the risk of wound infection and other surgical complication after surgery. Although some surgical complications are unavoidable, surgical care can be improved through consistent evidence-based practices and by giving more attention to designing systems of care with built in checks and balances or safeguards. View our measures...

Stroke & Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is suddenly interrupted or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts, spilling blood into the spaces surrounding brain cells. Brain cells die when they no longer receive oxygen and nutrients from the blood or there is sudden bleeding into or around the brain. The symptoms of a stroke include sudden numbness or weakness, especially on one side of the body; sudden confusion or trouble speaking or understanding speech; sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes; sudden trouble with walking, dizziness, or loss of balance or coordination; or sudden severe headache with no known cause.

Perinatal Care Project
Hospitals can reduce adverse events during labor and delivery and with newborn care by improving the quality of Perinatal Care (The care and management of infants in the period before, during and after delivery.) Through evidence-based care, processes can be coordinated with the entire healthcare team, ensuring the reduction of adverse events.

Sepsis (Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome)
Sepsis is a severe illness caused by overwhelming infection of the bloodstream by toxin-producing bacteria. Microorganisms invading the body cause infections. Sepsis is very serious. It is often life-threatening.

Sepsis is caused by a bacterial infection. The bacterial infection can originate anywhere in the body. The most common areas the infection originates from are: the kidneys, the liver, the gall bladder, the bowel, the skin and the lungs. Symptoms of Sepsis include a drop in blood pressure, hyperventilation, rapid heart beat, fever or hypothermia, chills, shaking, decreased urine output, warm skin and confusion or delirium.

Pediatric Respiratory Care Project
Respiratory disease is a major cause of hospital admissions nationally for children. Common pediatric respiratory conditions include: asthma, cystic fibrosis, croup, brochiolitis, pneumonia and chronic lung disease of prematurity. The purpose of this team is to use evidence-based practices to improve pediatric patient outcomes when they have respiratory related illnesses.