Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Serious dental problems can affect the overall well-being of an individual. Therefore, Mount St. ...

The St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center created a Hypoglycemic Task Force to recognize and decrea...

The premise of this project was that failure to maintain a patient's respect and dignity represen...

The collaborative was launched by Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care in 2012 to trans...

Patient and system tracers have been conducted at this institution since 2008. Prior to this proj...

As the conventional analogy notes, change occurs when an organization finds itself atop a burning...

In 2012, a physician-led Pioneer accountable care organization recognized an opportunity to bette...

North Shore Medical Center aims to provide the perfect patient experience based on evidence-based...

Under the leadership of the Process Improvement (PI) Department, the organization has been drivin...

Children with complex medical conditions have a broad range of medical, social and supportive nee...

Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that diagnostic care for patients who were referred within the...

New England Quality Care Alliance, a physician network, implemented a medication prior authorizat...

The project's goal was to reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in trached and ...

This health care system's unique post-acute care (PAC) continuum of Inpatient Rehabilitation Faci...

This infographic provides a summary of the HPOE guide “Partnering to Improve Quality and Safety: ...

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

United Memorial Medical Center, Batavia, N.Y., focused on patients with congestive heart failure,...

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

To truly transform care, hospitals and care systems must effectively engage patients and their fa...

Excellent patient-centered care is the goal of a program implemented by the team at McDonough Dis...

This resource gives hospital and health system leaders concrete, practical steps grounded on evid...

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

There is often a lack of coordination among the various health and social systems that provide in...

Methodist Le Bonheur HealthcareMemphis, TN1,321 Beds The Congregational Health Network is a part...

Informed Medical Decisions FoundationBoston, MAThe Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, founded...

Emory HealthcareAtlanta, GA Emory Healthcare, a large academic teaching system, deployed a patie...

Sandy Hausman reports on the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative, a Commonwealth Fund-supported de...

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

A recent article from the Los Angeles Times looks at how the traditional doctor-patient relations...

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

Summa Health SystemAkron, OH461 Beds The Problem Summa Health System serves a five county region...

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have the promise to transform how health care is delivered ...

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

The Affordable Care Act includes several provisions designed to encourage greater coordination an...

A report released jointly by AARP's Public Policy Institute, The Commonwealth Fund and The SCAN F...

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

The Urgency of Health System Reforms to Ensure Respect for Patients'  Wishes and Accou...

"There are two jobs at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, Utica, N.Y. "taking care of patients directl...