Access to data was critical for the orthopedic surgeons at St. Luke's Health System in Boise, Idaho, when they launched a project to eliminate hospital-acquired infections in 2011.
It enabled them to routinely monitor the system's infection rate after knee and hip replacement surgeries, laminectomy procedures and spinal fusion surgeries. The team used data to reduce foot traffic in operating rooms and change how patients' skin was prepped.
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