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Hospitals and health systems recognized for excellence in health care equity are sharing their wo...
Nurses have always been on the front lines at hospitals providing quality, compassionate care for...
I have been so proud to see America’s hospitals and health systems speak so passionately on behal...
A vigorous approach to quality improvement at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill., is ac...
State and regional hospital associations across the United States are recognizing hospitals and h...
Mission accomplished, but the work continues. At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in L...
Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...
Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviat...
Managing population health, financial planning for value-based care and payment, and leading impr...
Whether cheering for soccer, tennis, baseball, softball or another sport, fans no doubt have witn...
Hospitals and health care systems can support their missions and also many additional benefits by...
Today’s hospital and care system leaders are addressing challenges while maximizing opportunities...
At hospitals, health care systems and state, regional and metropolitan hospital associations acro...
A new member of the health care team is helping to improve clinical outcomes and patient experien...
Eliminating hospital-acquired infections, preventing patient falls, reducing preventable readmiss...
The nation’s health care system is undergoing dramatic change as the country shifts to a value-ba...
In July 2013, the AHA released another collection of action-oriented resources that can help hosp...
Telepsychiatry is playing a pivotal role in providing timely care to hospitalized mental health p...
Patients admitted to a hospital for one condition—congestive heart failure, for example—are typic...
Today we need leaders who can help address the challenges and maximize the tremendous opportuniti...
What a difference three years of focusing on performance improvement can make! In 2009, metrics a...
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...
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...
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed ...
Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from th...
Reducing preventable harm by half is a lofty goal for any hospital, let alone a large, integrated...
When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...