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Featured All AHA webinars are free of charge but require advance registration. AHA does not offer continui...
This AHA webinar engaged participants in a discussion related to global budgets – one of the nine...
One out of five Americans, or over 40 million people, struggle with behavioral health each day. I...
Nurses have always been on the front lines at hospitals providing quality, compassionate care for...
I have been so proud to see America’s hospitals and health systems speak so passionately on behal...
You may not know Rachelle Schultz of Winona, MN—but you probably can appreciate the concerns she ...
March 12-18, 2017, is Patient Safety Awareness Week, led by the National Patient Safety Foundatio...
Like many hospitals, SBH Health System uses the computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system. ...
Quality and safety are “top of the agenda” at urban and rural hospitals across the country. At Ho...
This joint HPOE and Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital webinar discus...
Analyzing contributing factors and implementing targeted, sustainable solutions have helped hospi...
Since September 2015, the AHA/HRET HEN 2.0 hospitals have been working to reduce hospital-acquire...
At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...
In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...
Because the medical center’s lost charge capture related to IV injection and infusions totaled $8...
The problem faced by the health system was the lack of a coordinated approach for the review and ...
The Reducing Readmissions: Making Data Real project decreased acute rehospitalization rates by al...
Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...
Turnaround time for immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains in the laboratory of a 500 bed tertiary car...
Limited provider appointment availability in the clinic was causing delays for patients seeking c...
The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...
Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...
This project has decreased cycle time for medication reconciliation at time of admission and for ...
The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...
Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...
The organization used both discrete event and live simulation methodologies to ensure the smooth ...
The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...
Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...
Inappropriate stress ulcer prophylaxis is a serious problem across the health care continuum. Lit...
Sepsis is a medical condition with high rates of morbidity, mortality and cost and it is the most...
High rates of hospital readmissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
For several years, the hospital has been focused on reducing 30-day readmissions. After learning ...
As a health organization that serves communities disproportionately affected by asthma, Sinai Hea...
The utilization review staff at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital examines medical records for inpati...
A systematic, repeatable approach was developed to monitor pneumonia patients 30 days following d...
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's quality award submissions are highlighted on HPOE....
Overutilizing blood transfusions adds significant costs and can increase patient length of stay a...
A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...
According to published research data, the majority of cardiac stent patients have no additional r...
Undergoing surgery of any kind can be a stressful experience for patients and their families. The...
Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...
The goal of this quality improvement project was to reduce the length of hospitalization, to impr...
Surgery case cancellation rates OSF Center for Health were 10.5 percent over six months. This cre...
Outpatient registration at OSF Center for Health required patients to stand in line for extended ...
This academic medical center developed and implemented a program to improve outcomes and reduce r...
“Every staff member counts” and “every patient counts.” With this mantra, AllianceHealth Pryor in...
The Lung Partners Primary Respiratory Care at the Crouse Hospital is managing the needs of patien...
A health system in rural Minnesota has helped develop an innovative model to prevent prescription...
A vigorous approach to quality improvement at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill., is ac...
Post-discharge phone calls are best practice, but multiple phone calls can confuse and frustrate ...
A “Germ Crusher” challenge at Children’s Hospital Colorado brought together leadership, staff, pa...
“Small changes can make a big difference.” So say health care professionals working to prevent ad...
Using HOUDINI to eliminate CAUTI. It’s all about decreasing the inappropriate use of indwelling c...
The Sunday Shoes Program is an innovative solution to help heart failure patients monitor weight ...
Ten years ago, Mercy began telemedicine in its ICUs to improve patient outcomes. Today the St. Lo...
State and regional hospital associations across the United States are recognizing hospitals and h...
By adopting a supplier diversity program, hospitals and health care systems can support minority-...
Every day, hospitals are successfully meeting challenges and providing quality care in their comm...
Focusing on value-based payment structures has helped Mount Auburn Hospital design care delivery ...
Mission accomplished, but the work continues. At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in L...
In this study, the research team sought to compare the performance of provider-sponsored health p...
Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...
Hospitals strive to achieve the Triple Aim. This collection of case studies features three exampl...
Each year more than one million patients in the United States are diagnosed with sepsis, a condit...
In accord with their commitment to equity of care and leadership diversity, hospitals and health ...
Baseball managers tinker with team lineups to improve results on the field, and hospitals can do ...
Utilizing Six Sigma's DMAIC model, this project looked at ways to decrease errors in the document...
Patient safety is the number one priority at this facility. After discussing medication errors at...
In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...
A unique telemedicine consultation between a rural hospital and skilled rehabilitation/nursing fa...
A new HPOE Guide “Increasing Supplier Diversity in Health Care” provides action steps and case st...
The goal of this project was to reduce the amount of global office visits by using Lean Six Sigma...
Blood transfusions to treat anemia can have a significant impact on patient outcomes. It was reco...
The NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System implemented multidisciplinary ICU mobilization teams t...
White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital Center’s interdisciplinary team developed a disinfection procedure ...
What does it take to be a winner? Children's Hospital Colorado received the 2015 AHA-McKesson Que...
This year's winners of Health Care's Most Wired Survey are employing information technology to he...
Addressing the complex needs of older patients and their caregivers is the focus of the Bridge Mo...
This paper illustrates ONC’s 10-year vision for advancing health IT capabilities in a manner that...
Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center established the Quality Excellence Council at the beg...
The goal was to reduce errors in failure to document stop time for IV infusions to zero. Along wi...
The goal was to reduce errors in failure to document stop time for IV infusions to zero. Along wi...
During the 2013-14 influenza season, an emergency preparedness mass influenza vaccination drill w...
The Healthy You program was designed to enhance whole person health of the hospital's team member...
The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...
Successful implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention protocol demonstrated a 50 percent...
This project is aimed at reduction of adverse outcomes experienced by patients as a result of CLA...
Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...
Within the organization over the last year, a new division of four hospitals was created, with th...
This project is aimed at reduction of adverse outcomes experienced by patients as a result of CLA...
Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...
Within the organization over the last year, a new division of four hospitals was created, with th...
The pediatric team at this hospital recognized the need to improve processes surrounding care of ...
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...
Medical center evidence pointed to a delay in surgery beyond 48 hours for hip fracture patients a...
This blog post is from H&HN, the journal of the American Hospital Association and was written by ...
In 2009, a multi-pronged approach involving all stakeholders was launched aimed at early identifi...
A performance improvement project was initiated to reduce the number of elective inductions and c...
The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...
The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...
In the 2010 reporting period (July 2009-June 2010), the medical center’s incidence of early elect...