Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

This project aimed to reduce the OR turnover time for total joint cases. Baseline data showed it ...

Patients discharged to home waited an average of 3.5 hours to complete all of the necessary steps...

Broadens view of care delivery from hospital-based practice to the entire bundle episode (30-days...

Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...

An accurate home medication list serves as the "source of truth" for the entire process of medica...

The Bridge Model improves transitions of care by utilizing master’s-educated social workers in a ...

Their journey to eliminate falls with injury started last year, working towards a safety culture ...

Patients are often poorly prepared to manage acute and chronic conditions following their dischar...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection is the second most commonly reported hospital-associa...

Central line-associated bloodstream infections continue to be associated with high costs and mort...

During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....

The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...

During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....

The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...

Perineal trauma during childbirth can lead to significant short- or long-term complications such ...

Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs direct judicious antimicrobial use to optimize patient outcome...

The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...

The feeling of being truly cared for leaves a lasting impression and aids in the healing process....

Human resources and the nursing leadership team worked together using a PDCA for rapid cycle impr...

A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...

The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...

Lake Placid and Tupper Lake, nursing homes that are part of Adirondack Health, Saranac Lake, N.Y....

Variation and delays in the early mobilization of patients in the ICU can result in an increased ...

The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...

Sharing best practices and facilitating peer-to-peer learning were core elements of the AHA/HRET ...

Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, a 237-bed facility in Orlando, Florida, used best practices and peer-to...

Hospital Menonita de Aibonito, a 150-bed facility in Aibonito, Puerto Rico, used best practices a...

Hospital Menonita de Cayey, a 208-bed facility in Cayey, Puerto Rico, used best practices and pee...

Los Alamitos Medical Center, a 167-bed facility in Los Alamitos, California, used best practices ...

NCH Healthcare System, a 325-bed facility in Naples, Florida, started its journey to reduce harm ...

Ponca City Medical Center, a 140-bed facility in Ponca City, Oklahoma, used HEN best practices an...

Presence Saint Joseph Hospital, a 184-bed facility in Elgin, Illinois, examined quality metrics t...

St. Catherine Hospital, a 189-bed facility in East Chicago, Indiana, used best practices and peer...

St. John's Hospital, a 431-bed facility in Springfield, Illinois, used best practices and peer-to...

UConn John Dempsey Hospital, a 174-bed facility in Farmington, Connecticut, used best practices a...

Read about how Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare developed a minority nusing program that identifies ...

Founded in 1912, MedStar St. Mary's Hospital serves the people of St. Mary's County, Maryland. A ...

Based in the Pennsylvania cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Hazleton, Lehigh Valley Health Netwo...

Baystate Health, based in Springfield, Mass., has two formal mentorship programs available to its...

The Minority Faculty Development Awards program at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cl...

The University of Mississippi Medical Center created a Healthcare Disparities Council with 40 mem...

Greenville Health System in South Carolina overhauled its leadership search and selection process...

Recognizing the need for diversity management, Sparrow Heatlh System in Lansing, Mich., hired a d...

The Institute for Diversity in Health Management's Summer Enrichment Program matches and places m...

California's Central Valley is known for its abundant fruits and vegetables; however, many famili...

The Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, a partner of the Brooklyn Health Disparities Center, ...

Increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of the nation's health professions workforce has many ...

The National Center for Health Care Leadership's diversity leadership demonstration project is th...

INTEGRIS Health is the largest Oklahoma-owned health care corporation. Its facilities cover the c...

Founded in 1989, the Metro Community Provider Network is a nonprofit organization in the Denver M...