Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

This report utilizes Dartmouth Atlas data to show differences in resource utilization among the 2...

Early elective deliveries have been proven to increase the risk of adverse health outcomes post d...

Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

Multidisciplinary rounding (MDR) is a model of care in which multiple members of the care deliver...

The Joint Academy is a multidisciplinary team approach that begins in the community with orthoped...

South Nassau Communities Hospital initiated the "Knot So Fast" project to promote a safe and effi...

The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...

Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...

Traditionally, primary care physicians maintain chief responsibility for treating their criticall...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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 ...

The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2012 User Comparative Database Report provides res...

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...

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

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...

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

This report provides a guide to conducting health impact assessments. It stresses the importance ...

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