Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

In 2008 Don Berwick, Tom Nolan, and John Whittington first described the triple aim of simultaneo...

Medicine involves decisions. But for Medicare patients with conditions for which surgery is an op...

Health care professionals whose focus is on patient safety are very familiar with these alarming ...

Patient-reported experiences of care are an important focus in health disparities research. This ...

Palliative care specializes in taking care of patients with serious illness and focuses on provid...

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

At hospital shift changes, doctors and nurses exchange crucial information about the patients the...

Kaiser Permanente developed a home-based model of palliative care that uses an interdisciplinary ...

The Association of American Medical Colleges is pleased to present Diversity in Medical Education...

Acute care hospitals have been establishing palliative programs at a rapid pace; the United States n...

AbstractBackground: Handover practices at hospital discharge are relatively under-researched, par...

AHVRP, a professional membership group of the AHA,  is the premier professional membership societ...

At-large members are individuals in health care with an interest in the activities of the AHA and...

SHCA is a not-for-profit health care organization dedicated to serving those who advocate in the ...

Objective: To understand factors leading to all-cause 30-day readmissions in a community hospital...

Secondary analysis of data from two studies examining palliative care in rural areas was conducte...

The survey was sent by email to over 630,000 physicians (approximately 84 percent of all physicia...

A loading dose is an initial dose of medication administered to rapidly achieve therapeutic level...

Considering the evolution of measures designed to prevent nosocomial pneumonia, it makes clinical...

This web seminar provided participants with information about diversity management, cultural comp...

Mayo Clinic has four operating unites to create new tools, processes and businesses. The Division...

Among the agencies that have made a substantial effort toward competency is the Nursing Home Ombu...

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

This web seminar highlighted improvements in staff training and building the culturally competent...

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

This decision-maker brief offers programmatic and policy changes that can help practices, especia...

This brief describes how decisionmakers can encourage a model of care that truly reflects the nee...

This guide describes how HCAHPS data should be used in context with other information about organ...

Early elective deliveries have been proven to increase the risk of adverse health outcomes post d...

Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

The Joint Academy is a multidisciplinary team approach that begins in the community with orthoped...

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 ...

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

St. Mary's Healthcare has an obligation to protect patients from harm and preventing adverse effe...

The goal of this initiative was to improve patient flow, outcomes, and experience, as well as com...

North Bronx Healthcare Network devised a process to analyze its departmental risk management data...

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

The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2012 User Comparative Database Report provides res...

This article assesses the potential impact of P4P on national hospital disparities using a two-me...

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

AtlantiCareAtlantic City, NJ538 Beds The Problem The Special Care Center is a primary care cente...

Aurora Health CareMilwaukee, WI The Problem Aurora Health Care is a nonprofit, integrated delive...

This article discusses preliminary findings from the National Congress of American Indians Policy...