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Analyzing contributing factors and implementing targeted, sustainable solutions have helped hospi...
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 ...
For its excellent work addressing community health needs, Massachusetts General Hospital in Bosto...
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...
Education that increases awareness is one of the best ways to transform health outcomes. But, as ...
This year's winners of Health Care's Most Wired Survey are employing information technology to he...
Diversity and inclusion are key strategic goals at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in cen...
This paper illustrates ONC’s 10-year vision for advancing health IT capabilities in a manner that...
Diversity is becoming a key word in health care. Hospitals and health care systems are focusing o...
This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...
The concept of the Triple Aim is widely used, partially because of IHI’s work with many organiza...
The AHA and the American Medical Association collaborated on this paper to present both physician...
Project Brotherhood is dedicated to helping Greater New Haven-area men make the healthy lifestyle...
“Mobility is medicine,” say clinicians and volunteers working together to improve patient care at...
When hospitals care for victims of violence, it provides a window of opportunity to interrupt the...
This article from Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, ...
Change can be uncomfortable. But no matter how sophisticated, hospitals and health care systems n...
Matching patients with primary care physicians was top priority of this project improvement by th...
Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviat...
Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviat...
A national leader in health care equity, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has developed s...
Whether cheering for soccer, tennis, baseball, softball or another sport, fans no doubt have witn...
Since 2010, the academic medical center has been supporting a program to reduce 30-day all cause ...
October 6 – 12 is Mental Health Awareness Week. According to estimates, in the United States each...
The case study addresses a hospital-based tobacco cessation initiative that serves patients regar...
June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...
Patients may be Christian, Jew, Muslim or of any other religious expression—at Lutheran Medical C...
From flexible visiting hours to family-centered rounds, hospitals are encouraging patients and fa...
Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA229 Beds Cambridge Health Alliance is an integrated health...
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH577 Beds Cincinnati Children’s Hospit...
Geisinger Health SystemDanville, PA545 Beds Geisinger Health System is an integrated health serv...
Georgia Health Sciences Health Augusta, GA632 Beds Georgia Health Sciences Health System consist...
Helen DeVos Children’s HospitalGrand Rapids, MI212 Beds Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital examined...
Howard University HospitalWashington, DC266 Beds Howard University Hospital is a private, nonpro...
Involving everyone from front-line staff to executive committees to home health agencies to patie...
The vascular access team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta embraced a multidisciplinary approac...
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, a 347-bed public hospital in Bronx, N.Y., has establish...
By "re-engineering"discharge and enhancing communication, The Chester County Hospital, West Chest...
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center strives to provide competent, culturally sensitive, high...
For 18 years, Community House Calls, a UW Medicine program of Harborview Medical Center in Seattl...
Improving quality of care can go hand in hand with eliminating disparities in care. University of...
In 2008, Albany Medical Center was one of 18 regional referral neonatal intensive care units to a...
Barnes-Jewish HospitalSt. Louis, MO1,305 Beds The Problem Barnes-Jewish Hospital created the Cen...
A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...
Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...
Over the past eight years, an interdisciplinary team at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital prioritized...
Coney Island Hospital developed a crisis prevention, early intervention, and response team known ...
Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...
Ellis Medicine started this project in April 2010 to reduce readmissions, as readmissions are cli...
Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...
Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...
Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...
The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...
Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...
Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...
Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...
The advent of computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. The use of CT...
In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...
Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...
Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...
Children's Mercy Hospitals & ClinicsKansas City, MO265 Beds The Problem The patient population a...
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...
Providing high-quality care to every child has always been the objective at Children's Mercy Hosp...
Educating staff. Connecting patients to primary care physicians upon discharge. Identifying patie...
A medical staff that is committed to social justice and a vision statement that includes reducing...
A medical staff that is committed to social justice and a vision statement that includes reducing...
The answer is: attracting, retaining and developing the best workforce. The question: What is one...
Efficient bed placement for patients can mean fewer discharge delays, decreased length of stay an...
The mission: to eliminate all preventable harm by January 1, 2012. The team leaders: board of dir...
Transplant recipients are fragile patients, at high risk for infections and fluid and electrolyte...
"Navigating the rising tide of HACs" is what Baystate Medical Center (BMC) calls this project. A ...
Salt and a jar of pickles: That's what one HealthEast (St. Paul, Minn.) transition coach found in...
Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii, used "a novel approach" to ...
The journey from good to great for Good Samaritan Hospital of Baltimore started with differentiat...
Joseph Betancourt, M.D., director of multicultural education for Massachusetts General Hospital i...
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed i...
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed ...
Abington Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from the chie...
Seamless, effective patient handoffs are a critical piece of any hospital?s patient safety framew...
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, Kirkland, Wash., implemented best practices in patient flow bu...
For expectant mothers at risk for childbirth complications, the OB assist team at Abington (Pa.) ...
As the automobile industry in Flint, Mich., has declined, area residents have faced significant s...
The 3,500 employees of Eastern (Bangor) Maine Medical Center are role models for other employees ...
Extending services beyond the hospital walls to its most vulnerable patients?that is the goal of ...
When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...
The Problem According to the CDC, 248,000 bloodstream infections occur in U.S. hospitals each ye...
At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...
The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...
The Problem A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...
The ProblemMedication reconciliation—comparing a patient's medication orders to all medications t...
The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...
The Problem Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem nationwide, caused, in part, by injudi...
Th e P roblemUrinary tract infections are the most common hospital-acquired infection with 80 per...
The Problem While all facitilites aspire to limit the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumon...
The Problem Inapproprate inductions of labor, defined as elective iductions less than 39 weeks g...
The Problem Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem nationwide, caused, in part, by injudi...
The Problem The women and infants department's lean journey began in early 2006 when a local hos...
The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...