Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

BackgroundHenry Ford Health System is a not-for-profit corporation composed of hospitals, medical...

Cortland Regional Medical Center’s Transitional Care Program is working to reduce 30-day readmiss...

In July 2016, the AHA/HRET Hospital Engagement Network (HEN) 2.0 hosted a state hospital associat...

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

Reducing and eliminating patient harm are at the forefront of patient safety and continue to be a...

The hospital identified an opportunity to improve its discharge planning process to allow more ti...

Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...

Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...

While the implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ venous thromboembolism ...

The hospital identified two process improvement opportunities related to medication safety effort...

This project was based on a multidisciplinary approach that focused on the admission process for ...

Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...

Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...

Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...

The organization initiated a project identified by the Infection Control Committee to reduce Fole...

A history as a resource-challenged urban safety net hospital with a high-risk population, a lack ...

A review of the hospital’s quality indicators revealed an unacceptable rate of catheter-associate...

The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...

The ultimate goal for patients who are mechanically ventilated is to promptly and safely disconti...

The project includes a hard stop chain of command. When scheduling an induction or C-section, the...

The medical center has made significant progress in improving physician-patient communication thr...

By using evidence-based medicine and hardwiring concurrent review, HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Hig...

The blood bank relocated to a new hospital facility while the labor and delivery (L&D) unit remai...

Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Montana, is working with community stakeholders, inc...

Norwood Hospital is a full-service, 263-bed community hospital in Norwood, Massachusetts. In 2013...

Children’s Hospital Colorado launched a fun, hospital-wide hand hygiene challenge called “Germ Cr...

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...

As part of the efforts to ensure that all primary care practices across the network are recognize...

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

Failure to rescue is the failure to recognize or act upon the patient's decline in condition resu...

The link between excessive work hours and adverse errors is inseparable. This project investigate...

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 goal of this project was to reduce the number of injection errors occurring at the hospital's...

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System opened a facility to treet heavioral health and prim...

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

Utilization of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Outcomes Improvements, 30-Day Readmissions and Morta...

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