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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...
The traditional behavioral health access model of calling for an appointment which is subsequentl...
Greenville Health SystemGreenville, South Carolina786 Beds The Problem The diversity of the lead...
The University of Maryland College Park, School of Public Health and its Center for Health Litera...
The University of Michigan Health System used lean management and the plan-do-check-act cycle to ...
The YWCA of Greater Milwaukee created a diversity training program focused on race and racism, in...
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and the Texas Health Institute developed a fr...
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Geriatric Education Center provides geriatric education ...
This case study explains Barnes-Jewish Hospital's approach to training it 4,100 team members thr...
This study of Spanish-speaking rural Latinos with diabetes finds that Spanish fluency is independ...
In a society as culturally diverse as the United States, especially in New York City, members of...
In 2005, the University of Washington School of Medicine was awarded a grant from the National In...
This case study describes an evidence-based residency program that applies to an international au...
The use of cross-cultural diversity forum isexamined. The forums use technology and tools to brin...
According to the Pew research center, 74 percent of all adults in the United States use the Inte...
Since 2011, a series of narrated video slideshow presentations has been under development at Har...
The ADA committee at the Kaiser Woodland Hills facility was started in 2010 in an effort to compl...
This case study looks at he Joint Commission's recommendation related to culturally and linguisti...
Little is known about the unique health needs and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans...
The University of Connecticut's community-based education program collaborated with community par...
Kaiser Permanente, as an integrated health care delivery system, has made significant progress to...
n 2008, Barnes-Jewish Hospital center for diversity and cultural competence developed an 18-hourc...
Today health disparities remain a constant challenge for immigrants, refugees and displaced popul...
This case study explores the process of accessing health care from the perspective of the immigra...
Many immigrant parents rely on their children to help them communicate as ad hoc interpreters in ...
There is often a lack of coordination among the various health and social systems that provide in...
Approximately 24 million people--8.5 percent of the U.S. population--are defined as having Limite...
Transforming organizations, such as academic health centers or teaching hospitals, toward creatin...
Examples of and the rationale for strategies used to foster critical consciousness in the work of...
As the United States becomes increasingly diverse and as individuals choose to be more acculturat...
A team was created to ensure that all patients regardless of race, ethnicity, language, disabilit...
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH577 Beds Cincinnati Children’s Hospit...
Helen DeVos Children’s HospitalGrand Rapids, MI212 Beds Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital examined...
Atlantic Health SystemNew Jersey1,308 Beds Atlantic Health System owns and operates Morristown M...
Ryhov HospitalJönköping, Sweden Ryhov Hospital is a county hospital in Jönköping, Sweden, with a...
Among California's African American, Native American, Latino and Hmong populations, a diagnosis o...
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center strives to provide competent, culturally sensitive, high...
Although Maryland enjoys the third highest median income in the United States, the state suffers ...
The Kishwaukee Community Hospital nurses and physicians recognized the opportunity to improve car...
Using Plan-Do-Study-Act, this initiative prioritized utilization of spirometry as the standard di...
Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...
The aim of this project was to reduce the number of Venous Thromboembolisms acquired during hospi...
South Nassau Communities Hospital initiated the "Knot So Fast" project to promote a safe and effi...
The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...
Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...
Traditionally, primary care physicians maintain chief responsibility for treating their criticall...
Coney Island Hospital developed a crisis prevention, early intervention, and response team known ...
San Mateo Medical Center San Mateo, CA307 Beds The Problem San Mateo Medical Center has collecte...
University of Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, MS623 Beds The Problem University of Mississipp...
University HospitalsCleveland, OH1,032 Beds The Problem To address the changing demographics of ...
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...
The guide is a resource for those interested or already engaged in quality improvement initiative...
The ProblemFlowers wanted to improve its performance on the 28 quality measures that are featured...
The Problem Progress West didn't so much have a problem but an opportunity. By opening a new hos...
The Problem Standard care for a patient in cardiac arrest has been cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
The Problem The women and infants department's lean journey began in early 2006 when a local hos...
The Diversity & Inclusion Council was developed to create and sustain an organizational culture t...
The St. Francis Medical Center Kitty DeGree Breast Health Center employs a full-time breast healt...
Equity in Care was initiated by Trinity Health in 2009 and has grown to include identifying poten...