Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

In 2008, Albany Medical Center was one of 18 regional referral neonatal intensive care units to a...

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...

In 2005, Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center's leadership directed implementation of ...

Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center created the hospital point of dispensing (HPOD) t...

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...

Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis...

Preventing health care-associated infections is a critical step in reducing morbidity and mortali...

In 2009, St. James Mercy Hospital implemented a new quality and patient safety initiative, Achiev...

St. Joseph's Hospital of Elmira implemented a comprehensive antibiotic usage program beginning Ma...

Stony Brook University Medical Center joined the Institute for Healthcare Improvement critical ca...

With hand hygiene compliance at 37.3 percent, Syosset Hospital implemented a comprehensive approa...

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

Anticoagulants have been identified as one of the top five medication classes associated with pat...

Smart infusion pump technology improves patient safety by providing decision support for nursing ...

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

St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester, division of Saint Joseph's Medical Center began this initiati...

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

The goal of this initiative was to improve patient flow, outcomes, and experience, as well as com...

Overcrowding and bottlenecks with patient flow plague hospitals and emergency rooms across the co...

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...

In 2010, Southampton Hospital discovered that its process for checking and maintaining equipment/...

At Mountainside Residential Care Center's resident council, residents requested an improved dinin...

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

An unprecedented cluster of infant falls from post-cesarean section mothers' arms sparked the mat...

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...

University of Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, MS623 Beds The Problem University of Mississipp...

Baylor Health Care SystemDallas, TX3,653 Beds The Problem The Baylor Health Care System Office o...

Adventist HealthCareRockville, Maryland1,045 Beds The Problem Adventist HealthCare created the C...

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

University HospitalsCleveland, OH1,032 Beds The Problem To address the changing demographics of ...

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...

Compassionate Care is a nationally recognized case management program through which Aetna's Medic...

The Respecting Choices' advance care planning program, developed in La Crosse, Wisconsin, is a mu...

In 2006, Ascension Health, the nation's largest Catholic and nonprofit health care system, chose ...

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

New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, NY2,264 Beds The Problem New York-Presbyterian Hospital’...

Johns Hopkins Health SystemBaltimore, MD912 Beds  The Problem Hopkins ElderPlus is the Programs ...

Wishard Health ServicesIndianapolis, IN293 Beds  The Problem Geriatric Resources for Assessment ...

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

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

AtlantiCareAtlantic City, NJ538 Beds The Problem The Special Care Center is a primary care cente...

Aurora Health CareMilwaukee, WI The Problem Aurora Health Care is a nonprofit, integrated delive...

Commonwealth Care Alliance Boston, MA The Problem Commonwealth Care Alliance, which functions bo...

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

Summa Health SystemAkron, OH461 Beds The Problem Summa Health System serves a five county region...

Emergency department admitted patients used to wait an average of 24 hours for an inpatient bed a...

Falls prevention monitoring led to a closer look at Mercy Medical Center's acute inpatient rehabi...

The SUNY Downsstate Medical Center kidney transplant team identified an increase in the differenc...

This P2P Series presents case studies of hospitals improving their environments to better support...

Just three years ago, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center faced falling quality indicators, staff ...

The guide is a resource for those interested or already engaged in quality improvement initiative...

This article presents four case studies of effective community and academic partnership that impr...

The Problem Administrative burdens and inefficient processes left nurses spending just one-third...