Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Reduction in the use of fluoroquinolones is an important intervention for antimicrobial stewardsh...

The AHA and the American Medical Association collaborated on this paper to present both physician...

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....

This facility's coronary artery stents per admission rate was consistently higher than the nation...

The project began with a focus on CHF readmissions. As the multidisciplinary team saw decreases i...

This article from Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, ...

Avista Adventist Hospital, a 114-bed facility in Louisville, Colorado, used best practices and pe...

Baxter Regional Medical Center, a 268-bed facility in Mountain Home, Arkansas, used best practice...

Garfield Medical Center, a 210-bed facility in Monterey, California, used best practices and peer...

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

Midstate Medical Center, a 134-bed facility in Meriden, Connecticut, committed to reducing harm a...

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...

Sanford Mayville Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Mayville, North Dakota, use...

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

Yuma Regional Medical Center, a 406-bed facility in Yuma, Arizona, used best practices and peer-t...

This HPOE webinar, held in conjunction with the Institute for Diversity in Health Management, fea...

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

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

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

In 2013, the Connecticut Multicultural State Partnership, a non-profit health advocacy group, rec...

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

Although rare and difficult to study, wrong-site surgery is a serious risk recognized by health c...

Meridian Health is a leading not-for-profit health care organization in New Jersey, comprised of ...

Many Medicare patients with life-limiting illnesses had no documented advanced directive while in...

It is estimated that 25 percent of falls by hospital patients are preventable. Saint Alphonsus Re...

Some patients have difficulty effectively managing their medications because they don't fully und...

The May 2014 edition of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved highlights lingui...

A gap analysis was conducted. Key themes emerged in this analysis such as inadequate preparation ...

Pinnacle Health System Harrisburg, PA599 Beds The Problem Health systems are no longer simply as...

Reducing health care disparities is a growing national priority and state hospital associations a...

A summer internship program growing in Brooklyn is introducing minority high school students to c...

This guide describes a three-step action plan from the On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI project that helps...

Providing the very best care—the goal of all hospitals and care givers—must include an understand...

Providing culturally competent care to patients requires a focus on more than just race, ethnicit...

The National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quali...

Using FOCUS-PDCA, the hospital identified an opportunity to decrease the 30 day readmission rate ...

The traditional behavioral health access model of calling for an appointment which is subsequentl...

The University of Maryland College Park, School of Public Health and its Center for Health Litera...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Geriatric Education Center  provides geriatric education ...

 Stanford Geriatric Education Center's geriatric training programs for health professionals are o...

L.A. Care Health Plans developed an innovative video designed to inform deaf and hard-of-hearing ...

Since 2011, a series of narrated video slideshow presentations has been under development at  Har...

The Cancer Legal Resource Center, joint program of the Disability Rights Legal Center and Loyola ...

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...

African American older adults are at greater risk of depression due to the higher incidence of ch...