Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...

Patient falls during hospitalization can lead to increased inpatient care costs, decreased patien...

The organization initiated a project identified by the Infection Control Committee to reduce Fole...

The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...

The health system did not have an adequate process for notifying staff when a patient was on cont...

As identified in its 2014 Culture of Safety survey, the hospital’s overall mean score for the sta...

A history as a resource-challenged urban safety net hospital with a high-risk population, a lack ...

In 2013, the facility’s hospital-onset (HO) infection rate for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) ha...

A review of the hospital’s quality indicators revealed an unacceptable rate of catheter-associate...

The project focused on managing sepsis in the emergency department and in admitted patients, with...

Although episiotomy was once considered a routine part of childbirth, in recent years, there has ...

The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...

The ultimate goal for patients who are mechanically ventilated is to promptly and safely disconti...

The project includes a hard stop chain of command. When scheduling an induction or C-section, the...

The medical center has made significant progress in improving physician-patient communication thr...

The prevention of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) is a major focus for health care orga...

Reducing inpatient length of stay has a strong impact on value and organizational performance, an...

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a major cause of morbidity and morta...

The clinic throughput time was viewed as excessive and lacked standardized best practices. A new ...

This project involves raising awareness and expanding the palliative care program at HSHS St. Joh...

By using evidence-based medicine and hardwiring concurrent review, HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Hig...

Inconsistencies in the discharge process provide an opportunity to standardize that process, redu...

Senior leadership at Streamwood Behavioral Healthcare System assembled an improvement team to use...

The blood bank relocated to a new hospital facility while the labor and delivery (L&D) unit remai...

Administration of medications is one of the most error-prone stages in the medication use process...

Every aspect of a patient’s experience of care is influenced by valuable and often underused reso...

The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital recently develope...

The AHA's Physician Leadership Forum and Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative have relea...

Rates of inpatient medication errors range from 45 to 76 percent, with most errors occurring on-a...

Creating a quieter hospital environment can help the healing process and improve the patient expe...

Mercy, a large Catholic health care system, began its telehealth initiatives with an eICU program...

In January 2015, Southern Illinois Healthcare, based in Carbondale, was awarded an 18-month USDA ...

An integrated health system headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Avera Health serves patie...

Funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Serv...

Based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Gundersen Health System is an integrated tertiary referral center ...

A key component to making patient care safer is to track your data and progress towards improveme...

April is National Minority Health Month. Led by the HHS Office of Minority Health, the 2016 event...

When outpatients at Summa Health in Akron, Ohio, were frequently getting lost on their way to app...

This HPOE guide, a collaboration with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering, explores w...

Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Montana, is working with community stakeholders, inc...

Bassett Medical Center, a 180-bed hospital in Cooperstown, New York, has implemented and sustaine...

Clark Regional Medical Center (CRMC) is a 79 bed, community hospital serving the residents of eas...

Citrus Valley Health Partners (CVHP) is a nonprofit comprehensive health care system based in Los...

Norwood Hospital is a full-service, 263-bed community hospital in Norwood, Massachusetts. In 2013...

Meritus Health’s replacement hospital, Meritus Medical Center, opened five years ago in Washingto...

Children’s Hospital Colorado launched a fun, hospital-wide hand hygiene challenge called “Germ Cr...

One patient safety tool can be used in all care and service areas, improving safety and quality f...

Recognizing the need to build a just culture, the leadership team at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hos...

The premise of this project was that failure to maintain a patient's respect and dignity represen...

The collaborative was launched by Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care in 2012 to trans...