Mission accomplished, but the work continues. At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in L...

December 14th, 2015

This year's winners of Health Care's Most Wired Survey are employing information technology to he...

August 10th, 2015
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This paper illustrates ONC’s 10-year vision for advancing health IT capabilities in a manner that...

July 6th, 2015
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The AHA and the American Medical Association collaborated on this paper to present both physician...

June 3rd, 2015
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This article from Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, ...

March 10th, 2015
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Increasing patient adherence to medications? Check. Providing safe, patient-centered care? Check...

November 19th, 2012
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Involving everyone from front-line staff to executive committees to home health agencies to patie...

November 12th, 2012
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The rural community of Ellenville, New York (population 4,000), and the New York borough of Brook...

April 30th, 2012
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Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

February 1st, 2012
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Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...

February 1st, 2012
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The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

February 1st, 2012
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Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...

February 1st, 2012
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A strategy to use a single, integrated EMR has helped make Elliot Health System, based in Manches...

January 9th, 2012
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Joseph Betancourt, M.D., director of multicultural education for Massachusetts General Hospital i...

September 20th, 2010
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ED bottlenecks are common problems in hospitals causing excessive wait times, decreasing patient ...

May 17th, 2010
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At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...

September 24th, 2009
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The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...

September 20th, 2009
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The ProblemMedication reconciliation—comparing a patient's medication orders to all medications t...

August 5th, 2009
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The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...

August 1st, 2009
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The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...

August 1st, 2009
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