Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...

September 14th, 2015
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The C. diff collaborative is an ongoing initiative that was developed to improve the early identi...

September 14th, 2015
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The Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence website highlights quality improvement stories at hundreds...

September 14th, 2015
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Teamwork champions on a diverse change team: These were key as The MetroHealth System in Clevelan...

August 17th, 2015
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Utilization of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Outcomes Improvements, 30-Day Readmissions and Morta...

June 18th, 2015
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The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...

June 16th, 2015
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St. John's implemented a web-based business intelligence platform that integrates physician quali...

May 28th, 2015
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Building successful partnerships with patients and families may be a key strategy in a hospital’s...

April 6th, 2015

To truly transform care, hospitals and care systems must effectively engage patients and their fa...

March 26th, 2015
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The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...

March 22nd, 2015
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Ponca City Medical Center, a 140-bed facility in Ponca City, Oklahoma, used HEN best practices an...

February 5th, 2015
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Sanford Mayville Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Mayville, North Dakota, use...

February 5th, 2015
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Baystate Health, based in Springfield, Mass., has two formal mentorship programs available to its...

December 1st, 2014
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African immigrants and refugees represent four percent of the total population in the United Stat...

November 1st, 2014
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There is a need for greater understanding of the factors that lead to improved process quality an...

April 16th, 2014
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This case study describes a pilot program to find out the effect that integrative behavioral heal...

March 17th, 2014
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The Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Networks are designed to improve patient care ac...

July 10th, 2013
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Providing culturally competent care to patients requires a focus on more than just race, ethnicit...

April 25th, 2013
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At hospital shift changes, doctors and nurses exchange crucial information about the patients the...

November 12th, 2012
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As part of Franciscan St. James Health's commitment to improve the surgery processes, the hospita...

June 1st, 2012
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