Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

When River Hospital, Alexandria Bay, N.Y., identified an unmet mental health need for active duty...

Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...

Patient engagement is paramount to reducing readmissions and improving quality of life. That’s wh...

In January 2011, utilizing the hospital’s system-wide electronic medical records, a family medici...

United Memorial Medical Center, Batavia, N.Y., focused on patients with congestive heart failure,...

Project Brotherhood is dedicated to helping Greater New Haven-area men make the healthy lifestyle...

The heart failure program began in 1995. The hospital developed a multidisciplinary heart failure...

Building successful partnerships with patients and families may be a key strategy in a hospital’s...

The hospital recognized an urgent need to improve the current rate of colorectal cancer screening...

Ascension Health created a business unit called Transformational Development. It is charged with ...

 Hospital leaders struggle to provide effective care coordination to vulnerable populations. In 2...

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

Hospitals and care systems are uniquely positioned to play an integral role preventing violence i...

The Road to Better Health Spartanburg has proven that working collectively and in partnership wit...

In August 2014, Campbell County Health became the first health care facility in Wyoming to be app...

Excellent patient-centered care is the goal of a program implemented by the team at McDonough Dis...

Montefiore Medical Center's School Health Program is the largest and most comprehensive school-ba...

With the rise in higher-deductible health plans and coinsurance, Americans are paying an increasi...

Managing population health, financial planning for value-based care and payment, and leading impr...

Together with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, HRET shared the results of a survey that stu...

This article highlights the success of a pilot project between Park Nicollet hospital, St. Louis ...

Care for people with multiple chronic health conditions is often fragmented, resulting in increas...

To address the widespread lack of access to basic health care, community health centers serve mor...

This issue brief continues the program’s examination of state-level community benefit oversight b...

As our nation's population becomes more diverse, health care organizations are continuously prese...

Using a Community Needs Assessment, Morris Hospital, which serves 18 rural communities, identifie...

After identifying inequities with affordable access to primary care services and an uncoordinated...

Population health is receiving increased attention for its role in improving health care, specifi...

Rooftop gardens are flourishing atop more and more hospitals. On unused roof space at Castle Medi...

A growing number of hospitals are engaged in community economic development, recognizing the impo...

The community guide is a resource to help hospitals and community organizations choose programs t...

This article discusses opportunities for health care providers to leverage Affordable Care Act re...

This article discusses the importance of a holistic approach to community development in order to...

Fletcher Allen Health Care's  Community Benefit CommitteeBurlington, VT About the Initiative:In ...

This brief focuses on updating significant points concerning community health needs assessment an...

Learn from the best of the best. The 2013 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® recipients will s...

This articles explores how HealthPartners decided to target nonclinical determinants of populatio...

The case study addresses a hospital-based tobacco cessation initiative that serves patients regar...

In California, about 16 percent of the adult population, more than 4 million people, have mental ...

This resource gives hospital and health system leaders concrete, practical steps grounded on evid...

Everyone is talking “population health management,” and many health care organizations are succes...

Being accessible only by airplane or boat adds to the scenic character of Wrangell, Alaska (popul...

To become an effective population health manager, a hospital must create effective partnerships. ...

New Ulm Medical CenterNew Ulm, MN45 Beds The Problem New Ulm Medical Center, a critical access h...

Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health CenterWindsor, VT60 Beds The Problem Mt. Ascutney Hospital and ...

Cheyenne Regional Medical CenterCheyenne, WY222 Beds The Problem Cheyenne Regional Medical Cente...

This report indentifies and explains guiding principles to inform the implementation ofCommunity ...

In 2008, Ellis Hospital launched a medical home at its Ellis Health Center campus. This initiativ...

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center and Cheyenne Health and Wellness Center partner on several initi...

Patients may be Christian, Jew, Muslim or of any other religious expression—at Lutheran Medical C...

Chambers County was designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration as one of the ...

Davis Health System is a health care network that includes 90-bed Davis Memorial Hospital, 12-bed...

Concord (N.H.) Hospital • 230-bed regional medical center • 17,194 admissions • 295 medical staff...

ProMedica’s (NW Ohio and SE Michigan) mission is to improve the health and well-being of the peop...

The goal was to eliminate all variances in the clinical process measures to ensure that patients ...

The AHA's Committee on Research developed the report, "Engaging Health Care Users: A Framework fo...

The hospital developed a comprehensive, multidisciplinary stroke program to provide patients with...

Good patient/provider communication correlates with greater patient satisfaction, increased patie...

The Tool for Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments program seeks to enable raising com...

Project Perlas is a community-based participatory research project addressing disparities in mamm...

African American older adults are at greater risk of depression due to the higher incidence of ch...

There is often a lack of coordination among the various health and social systems that provide in...

Neighborhood and environment are important determinants of health in addition to individual chara...

The AHA’s framework for health reform, Health for Life, embraces the need to engage patients and ...

From flexible visiting hours to family-centered rounds, hospitals are encouraging patients and fa...

Webinars and presentations from the New England Health Impact Assessment Training Series in 2012.

St. John?s Institute for Cognitive Health and the University of Utah Center for Alzheimer?s Care,...

Southcentral FoundationAnchorage, AK150 beds A nonprofit health care organization owned by the A...

Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA229 Beds Cambridge Health Alliance is an integrated health...

Kaiser PermanenteOakland, CAKaiser Permanente is a health care provider and nonprofit health plan...

Georgia Health Sciences Health Augusta, GA632 Beds Georgia Health Sciences Health System consist...

Saint Elizabeth’s Medical CenterWabasha, MN25 Beds Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center, part of Min...

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH577 Beds Cincinnati Children’s Hospit...

Helen DeVos Children’s HospitalGrand Rapids, MI212 Beds Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital examined...

Geisinger Health SystemDanville, PA545 Beds Geisinger Health System is an integrated health serv...