Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Community health initiatives that start with small successes can lead to bigger changes. St. Cath...

Hospitals are helping students with disabilities transition from school to the workplace. Mat-Su ...

St. Joseph Health, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, a 208-bed hospital in Napa, California, is...

Diversity is becoming a key word in health care. Hospitals and health care systems are focusing o...

This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...

After learning of the "90 minute" standard of care for providing definitive treatment for cardiac...

The AHA and the American Medical Association collaborated on this paper to present both physician...

Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...

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

Project Brotherhood is dedicated to helping Greater New Haven-area men make the healthy lifestyle...

The heart failure program began in 1995. The hospital developed a multidisciplinary heart failure...

Change can be uncomfortable. But no matter how sophisticated, hospitals and health care systems n...

Care for people with multiple chronic health conditions is often fragmented, resulting in increas...

Some patients have difficulty effectively managing their medications because they don't fully und...

During 2011, the hospital joined the IHA Project Re-Engineering Discharge (RED) collaborative to ...

Hospitals and health care systems can support their missions and also many additional benefits by...

Zero is an important number at Broward Health North. The 409-bed community hospital in Deerfield ...

St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn. 396 licensed beds Full-service teaching hospi...

Only a small percentage of patients develop a health care-associated infection after surgery, and...

Here’s a disheartening statistic from the National Cancer Institute: in the United States, white ...

Here's a disheartening statistic from the National Cancer Institute: in the United States, white ...

In 2008, Ellis Hospital launched a medical home at its Ellis Health Center campus. This initiativ...

According to Leapfrog survey results, the hospital’s rate of elective deliveries prior to 39 week...

A team was created to ensure that all patients regardless of race, ethnicity, language, disabilit...

From flexible visiting hours to family-centered rounds, hospitals are encouraging patients and fa...

Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA229 Beds Cambridge Health Alliance is an integrated health...

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH577 Beds Cincinnati Children’s Hospit...

Geisinger Health SystemDanville, PA545 Beds Geisinger Health System is an integrated health serv...

Georgia Health Sciences Health Augusta, GA632 Beds Georgia Health Sciences Health System consist...

Helen DeVos Children’s HospitalGrand Rapids, MI212 Beds Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital examined...

Howard University HospitalWashington, DC266 Beds Howard University Hospital is a private, nonpro...

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, a 347-bed public hospital in Bronx, N.Y., has establish...

By "re-engineering"discharge and enhancing communication, The Chester County Hospital, West Chest...

Engaging and training diabetes patients is helping to change and save lives. Here's how: Rowan Re...

Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...

Wrong site surgeries are rare and difficult to study. But most health care organizations recogniz...

Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...

Barnes-Jewish HospitalSt. Louis, MO1,305 Beds The Problem Barnes-Jewish Hospital created the Cen...

A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...

Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...

Over the past eight years, an interdisciplinary team at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital prioritized...

With unique culture trends and stringent regulatory obligations, patient care units are often cha...

A temporary reduction in pharmacy hours at Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic contributed to med...

Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

As the new operations manager of Delaware Valley Hospital's primary care centers began her assess...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...

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

The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...

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

In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...

Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...

Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...

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

A medical staff that is committed to social justice and a vision statement that includes reducing...

A medical staff that is committed to social justice and a vision statement that includes reducing...

The patient population of Heywood Hospital in Gardner, Mass., seemed to lack diversity. But by ac...

The patient population of Heywood Hospital in Gardner, Mass., seemed to lack diversity. But by ac...

Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii, used "a novel approach" to ...

When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...

When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...

The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...

The Problem A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...

The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...

Health care acquired infections in U.S. hospitals account for 1.7 million infections and 99,000 a...

Th e P roblemUrinary tract infections are the most common hospital-acquired infection with 80 per...

The Problem Central line-associated bloodstream infections have vexed hospitals performing inter...

The Problem With the national average of hospital-acquired skin breakdown at 4.8 percent, Bronso...

The Problem According to a 2006 study published in Nursing Management, 60,000 U.S. hospital pati...

The Problem Like many urban safety net hospitals, Hahnemann University Hospital struggled with o...

Holy Cross Hospital Health Centers are primary care medical centers that provide affordable servi...