Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Although electronic reporting systems for near misses and adverse events have been implemented na...

In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...

As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...

Olean General Hospital is one of only a few community hospitals in the nation to offer a center o...

The average length of stay for patients undergoing single elective total joint replacement surger...

This project was initiated by David Lyons, Director of Respiratory Therapy at St. Francis Hospita...

St. Mary's Healthcare has an obligation to protect patients from harm and preventing adverse effe...

Strong Memorial Hospital adopted barcode medication administration technology to reduce the incid...

In response to an increase in fall-related injuries in its skilled nursing facility, Champlain Va...

Falls increased in Thompson Health's inpatient areas in 2009 and 2010, and the number of falls wa...

Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...

To reduce the incidence and spread of hospitalacquired infections in two critical operational nod...

Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...

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

Ventilator-associated pneumonia and central line-associated infections data for the third quarter...

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

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement estimates that 48 percent of intensive care unit patient...

In 2005, North Shore University Hospital's president and chief executive officer made a commitmen...

NuHealth Nassau University Medical Center identified central line-associated blood stream infecti...

Outside the intensive care unit, catheters remain in place for a longer duration; therefore, it i...

This project addresses the needs of patients at high risk for C. difficile on a complex medical u...

Rochester General Hospital formed a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement actions that ...

Rochester General Hospital's infection prevention team partnered with the surgical intensive care...

South Nassau Communities Hospital's goal for this initiative was to ensure rapid identification o...

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

Coney Island Hospital developed a crisis prevention, early intervention, and response team known ...

Improving patient flow throughout the Bon Secours Charity Health System is critical to patient sa...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' inpatient quality reporting program includes appr...

In 2008, a project was underway to renovate Southampton Hospital's emergency department (upgradin...

Medication, in addition to other treatment options, is an integral part of the care provided to l...

North Bronx Healthcare Network devised a process to analyze its departmental risk management data...

Evidence-based practice is an essential requirement of professional health care providers. Rural ...

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

In 2009, North Central Bronx Hospital analyzed data from its diabetes registry to identify opport...

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Family Medicine Department made a commitment to improve the quality ...

Alice Hyde Medical Center's new program is designed to ensure safe medication administration in t...

In March 2009, after assessing staff's knowledge about fire prevention and safety, St. Mary's Hos...

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

San Mateo Medical Center San Mateo, CA307 Beds The Problem San Mateo Medical Center has collecte...

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

The hospital partnered with the Wyoming Department of Health to work to eliminate health disparit...

AIM focuses care on people with advanced illness, which often involves more than one chronic diag...

This article assesses the potential impact of P4P on national hospital disparities using a two-me...

This study found that pharmacist-led medication reconciliation in primary care settings identifie...

Children's Mercy Hospitals & ClinicsKansas City, MO265 Beds The Problem The patient population a...

SSM Saint Mary’s Medical CenterSaint Louis, MO 374 Beds The Problem Better Outcomes for Older Ad...

Montefiore Medical CenterBronx, NY1,418 Beds The Problem Montefiore Medical Center is a large, a...

This article discusses preliminary findings from the National Congress of American Indians Policy...

This report discusses the necessity of health information technology to effectively and systemati...

This report discusses the strenghts of community disease prevention offers and presents a framewo...