Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

The compendium is a collection of action-oriented resources that can help design and implement st...

Quality is the first word that comes to mind when we talk about the American Hospital Association...

Fully two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. One-third of American children are overwei...

This chartpack offers a snapshot of some common strategies used to improve the quality of care th...

This article discusses divergent concepts of population health between care delivery systems and ...

Fairfield Memorial Hospital identified the need to improve the patient experience in the emergenc...

Rush-Copley Medical Center collaborated with the Kane County Health Department after an outbreak ...

A multidisciplinary team was developed with objectives to provide clear, easy to understand educa...

The OSF cardiac service line implemented a STEMI Improvement project to identify obstacles that c...

May 13-19 is National Women's Health Week, a project of the U.S. Health and Human Services' Offic...

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are forming in communities across the country. In ACOs, hea...

Part of the Alliance collaborative since 1994, Billings Clinic had been serving its community wit...

This guide provides hospital leaders with a snapshot of hospitals' current readiness to participa...

To meet patient needs in the current market, hospitals have traditionally focused their efforts o...

This webinar highlighted the essential elements within care coordination strategies for the dual ...

This statistic may surprise you: Mental health conditions and mood disorders including depression...

A key element of the PCMH model is engaging patients and caregivers in their care. This paper off...

This paper explores the current landscape of patient-centered medical home services for patients ...

HRET and the Commonwealth Fund reviewed research findings regarding the characteristics and proce...

This guide provides techniques, case studies and guiding principles from various fields of expert...

Achieving health care equity and eliminating health care disparities are a top goal of hospitals ...

Until recently, Stony Brook University Medical Center's approach to core measure data consisted o...

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

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

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 ...

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...

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

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

Saving lives and promoting community health certainly are commendable undertakings. To fully real...

Market forces are driving renewed interest in integration that may result in changes in the owner...

This toolkit provides a comprehensive approach to the collection of race, ethnicity and primary l...

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 ...

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...

This article discusses the imperitive to invest in community development as a means to improve po...

This article discusses the socioeconomic factors necessary for health in a community. The author ...

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...