Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Beginning in August 2007, the Arizona Department of Health Services' Health Disparities Center or...

In order to deliver the highest quality and most appropriate health care, Georgia Health Sciences...

While there is broad agreement on the general concepts defining patient-centered medical homes, l...

Many physicians are becoming employees of hospitals, medical groups or affiliate organizations. F...

There is widespread agreement that the current fee-for-service approach to paying for health care...

As part of Franciscan St. James Health's commitment to improve the surgery processes, the hospita...

Obstructive sleep apnea is an often unrecognized contributing cause for respiratory failure in ho...

Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...

The results from a 32-month long national collaborative, Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac...

This paper examines successful approaches to delivering mental health treatment in primary care a...

The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...

University HospitalsCleveland, OH1,032 Beds The Problem To address the changing demographics of ...

AIM focuses care on people with advanced illness, which often involves more than one chronic diag...

Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...

This report provides a guide to conducting health impact assessments. It stresses the importance ...

In the fall of 2008, perioperative leaders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., conduc...

This certified CME/CE activity focuses on caring for patients with chronic pain in the hospital ...

This certified CME/CE series is designed to heighten the awareness of and adherence to evidence-b...

The paper makes recommendations for enhancing QI efforts in health care, including providing stro...

Treating U.S. veterans with mental illness and substance use disorders is more expensive than car...

The SUNY Downsstate Medical Center kidney transplant team identified an increase in the differenc...

This white paper introduces an overall approach and tools designed to support two processes: the ...

The guide is a resource for those interested or already engaged in quality improvement initiative...

This 46-page document reviews the history of Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives and consi...

The Problem Communication is listed as the leading factor in the root causes of sentinel events ...

Regional Health Improvement Collaborative provides a neutral, trusted mechanism through which all...