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One out of five Americans, or over 40 million people, struggle with behavioral health each day. I...
Ten years ago, Mercy began telemedicine in its ICUs to improve patient outcomes. Today the St. Lo...
Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...
Hospitals strive to achieve the Triple Aim. This collection of case studies features three exampl...
Each year more than one million patients in the United States are diagnosed with sepsis, a condit...
In accord with their commitment to equity of care and leadership diversity, hospitals and health ...
This year's winners of Health Care's Most Wired Survey are employing information technology to he...
Addressing the complex needs of older patients and their caregivers is the focus of the Bridge Mo...
This paper illustrates ONC’s 10-year vision for advancing health IT capabilities in a manner that...
Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...
The Problem--Emergency departments were at capacity or beyond it, extending wait times. This resu...
Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviat...
Whether cheering for soccer, tennis, baseball, softball or another sport, fans no doubt have witn...
Southeastern Health, Lumberton, N.C. 452 beds 16,000 impatient admissions 76,000 emergency d...
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (Glendale, Wis.) 11 hospitals, 70 clinic sites, three long-term ...
It is both a sprint and a marathon.” That's how a team at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor,...
Doctors Hospital of Manteca/Tenet HealthcareManteca, CABeds: 73 The ProblemRealizing high-alert ...
How do you successfully integrate behavioral health and primary care? A recent HPOE webinar highl...
The glycemic collaborative is an ongoing, multidisciplinary initiative developed to improve blood...
Increasing patient adherence to medications? Check. Providing safe, patient-centered care? Check...
"Commitment to caring" and "quality improvement" and"patient engagement" are more than catchphras...
Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...
The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...
The fall intervention program identified areas needing improvement including a lack of multidisci...
Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...
Improving patient flow throughout the Bon Secours Charity Health System is critical to patient sa...
Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...
Continuum Health Partners' pay-for performance program (P4P) is designed to partner with physici...
Anticoagulants have been identified as one of the top five medication classes associated with pat...
As the new operations manager of Delaware Valley Hospital's primary care centers began her assess...
Good Samaritan Hospital's Clinical Transformation Team guided the formation of a Ventilator-Assoc...
An unprecedented cluster of infant falls from post-cesarean section mothers' arms sparked the mat...
Health Quest uses and benefits from a system wide root cause analysis policy to address adverse a...
Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...
The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...
Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...
Alegent Health, a 10-hospital system based in Nebraska and Southwestern Iowa, wanted an electroni...
The medical standard for timely angioplasty was 90 minutes door to balloon. The average for Lehi...
Reducing preventable harm by half is a lofty goal for any hospital, let alone a large, integrated...
An AHA research synthesis report presents an overview of bundled payment, including evidence of i...
When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...
At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...
The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...
The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...
The Problem A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...
The Problem In a 2008 medical staff satisfaction survey, 93 percent of Advocate Good Shepherd ph...
The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...
The Problem MRSA is a virulent bacteria that thrives in the health care setting, putting at grea...
The Problem Medication safety is a strategic imperative in the organization. Each aspect of the ...