The rate of "mortality amenable to health care" that is--deaths that are considered preventable w...

September 23rd, 2011
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While many hospital and health systems have already implemented evidence-based medicine and proce...

September 22nd, 2011
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A report released jointly by AARP's Public Policy Institute, The Commonwealth Fund and The SCAN F...

September 8th, 2011
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The inaugural report of the AHA Committee on Performance Improvement details “Hospitals and Care ...

September 1st, 2011
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Changing demographics continue to fuel the growth of cultural diversity in Northeast Ohio. In tur...

August 22nd, 2011
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Changing demographics continue to fuel the growth of cultural diversity in Northeast Ohio. In tur...

August 22nd, 2011
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This report summarizes the results of that survey, which indicated that overall influenza vaccina...

August 19th, 2011
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Efficient bed placement for patients can mean fewer discharge delays, decreased length of stay an...

August 8th, 2011
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The guide is a resource for those interested or already engaged in quality improvement initiative...

August 1st, 2011
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The latest Alliance issue brief reports on how collaboratives are working at the local level to i...

August 1st, 2011
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Hospitals across the region are seeing more people with different languages, cultural sensitiviti...

July 27th, 2011
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Poor planning. High costs. These issues helped prompt Saint Joseph-London in London, Ky., to impr...

July 11th, 2011
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The Joint Commission's 2011 National Patient Safety Goals.

July 1st, 2011
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Throughout the United States, allied hospital associations—state, regional and metropolitan—are w...

July 1st, 2011
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Health care professionals and patients all agree that wrong site surgery is a serious and prevent...

June 29th, 2011
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Transplant recipients are fragile patients, at high risk for infections and fluid and electrolyte...

June 6th, 2011
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The report provides a scientific base and practical guidance fo rengaging public health professio...

June 1st, 2011
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This guide was created to share best practices and key lessons from innovative organizations on a...

April 1st, 2011
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Racial and socioeconomic inequity persists in health care quality. An exploratory interview with ...

March 1st, 2011
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Why Is Focusing On Preventable Mortality Important?Hospital leaders work hard every day to provid...

February 1st, 2011
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This study examined SSDI applications between 2005 and 2006, focusing on a "natural experiment" t...

January 1st, 2011
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This report discussses the Center for Disease Control's involvement with Prevention Research Cent...

January 1st, 2011
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This article presents four case studies of effective community and academic partnership that impr...

January 1st, 2011
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