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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
Pinnacle Health System Harrisburg, PA599 Beds The Problem Health systems are no longer simply as...
Womansplace Crisis Center is committed to working toward the elimination of violence against wome...
Healthy Communities of Clinton County Coalition Two teams of community members--a coalition of h...
Fletcher Allen Health Care's Community Benefit CommitteeBurlington, VT About the Initiative:In ...
Lean transformation means improved patient care, employee satisfaction and reduced costs as MSHA ...
This report highlights nearly 80 evidence-based disease and injury prevention programs. These pro...
Goal-Save lives, reduce suffering and lower costs related to complications of surgery. Developed...
Goal-Reduce and prevent medical errors by adopting best practices and procedures. The Patient Sa...
The Florida Hospital Association highlights its quality improvement initiatives with several repo...
This report highlights five years of quality improvement among Florida hospitals. It highlights "...
On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...
Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network GoalsReduce patient harm by 40 percent and ...
The Collaborative on Reducing Hospital Readmissions GoalUnderstand readmission causes and adopt ...
Southeastern Health, Lumberton, N.C. 452 beds 16,000 impatient admissions 76,000 emergency d...
St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn. 396 licensed beds Full-service teaching hospi...
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (Glendale, Wis.) 11 hospitals, 70 clinic sites, three long-term ...
Newark Department of Child and Family Well-BeingNewark NJ The Problem In 2003, The Newark (N.J.)...
The report describes the journeys of four care systems as they are transforming into accountable ...
The case study addresses a hospital-based tobacco cessation initiative that serves patients regar...
Doctors Hospital of Manteca/Tenet HealthcareManteca, CABeds: 73 The ProblemRealizing high-alert ...
New Ulm Medical CenterNew Ulm, MN45 Beds The Problem New Ulm Medical Center, a critical access h...
Wrangell Medical CenterWrangell, AK22 Beds The Problem Wrangell Medical Center is located in Wra...
Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health CenterWindsor, VT60 Beds The Problem Mt. Ascutney Hospital and ...
Yuma District HospitalYuma, CO12 Beds The Problem Yuma District Hospital, located in Yuma, Color...
Cheyenne Regional Medical CenterCheyenne, WY222 Beds The Problem Cheyenne Regional Medical Cente...
In 2008, Ellis Hospital launched a medical home at its Ellis Health Center campus. This initiativ...
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital and Northern Counties Health Care, Inc., have had a long-...
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center and Cheyenne Health and Wellness Center partner on several initi...
Holy Cross Hospital could be characterized as an emergency department with critical care units. T...
Chambers County was designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration as one of the ...
Davis Health System is a health care network that includes 90-bed Davis Memorial Hospital, 12-bed...
Concord (N.H.) Hospital • 230-bed regional medical center • 17,194 admissions • 295 medical staff...
Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Jackson, Miss.– 633 beds– 3,000-plus employees In 1997, Miss...
ProMedica’s (NW Ohio and SE Michigan) mission is to improve the health and well-being of the peop...
Using FOCUS-PDCA, the hospital identified an opportunity to decrease the 30 day readmission rate ...
Data suggests that the hospital has a three year (2006-2009) CHF readmission average of 24.2 perc...
An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...
According to Leapfrog survey results, the hospital’s rate of elective deliveries prior to 39 week...
The medical center experienced a 115 percent increase in behavioral health (BH) patients presenti...
The goal was to eliminate all variances in the clinical process measures to ensure that patients ...
According to Leapfrog survey results, the hospital’s rate of elective deliveries prior to 39 week...
The traditional behavioral health access model of calling for an appointment which is subsequentl...
Emergency department overcrowding has created patient throughput challenges with 2012 volume alre...
Preoperative/procedure testing for surgical, cardiac catheterization and scheduled C-section pati...
In December 2009, the medical center embarked on a little known and practiced procedure in the Un...
HPOE is pleased to highlight case studies from the Illinois Hospital Association’s Institute f...
Greenville Health SystemGreenville, South Carolina786 Beds The Problem The diversity of the lead...
In 2009, the leadership team of this hospital empowered its multidisciplinary critical care commi...
The hospital was experiencing higher costs and lower quality care than its competitors based on d...
The hospital developed a comprehensive, multidisciplinary stroke program to provide patients with...