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High rates of hospital readmissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
The prevention of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) is a major focus for health care orga...
As a health organization that serves communities disproportionately affected by asthma, Sinai Hea...
Overutilizing blood transfusions adds significant costs and can increase patient length of stay a...
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...
Carthage Area Hospital is improving patient and employee experiences by providing them with fresh...
A health system in rural Minnesota has helped develop an innovative model to prevent prescription...
Effective and sustainable hospital-community partnerships are critical to building a Culture of H...
A vigorous approach to quality improvement at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill., is ac...
Community health needs assessments—CHNAs—are becoming a driver of community collaborations and a ...
As nonprofit hospitals in the U.S. complete a community health needs assessments (CHNA) process, ...
This guide features case studies of the 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize winner and finalists. These ex...
Hospitals and communities are increasingly recognizing the importance of effective partnerships w...
For its excellent work addressing community health needs, Massachusetts General Hospital in Bosto...
Hospitals and health systems continually push to improve the health of their communities. Massach...
Claremont Village is a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) public housing development in the ...
As one of only two hospitals in Yuma County, Yuma District Hospital and Clinic (YDHC) can ascerta...
A powerful tool for hospitals to address priority health needs of their patient population and th...
Across the United States, nonprofit hospitals are conducting community health needs assessments, ...
Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) have the potential to be powerful drivers to enhance t...
This AHA report provides a review of the current state for the behavioral health workforce, outli...
June 5–11 is Community Health Improvement Week. The AHA’s Association for Community Health Improv...
An intervention to prevent childhood obesity has blossomed into a communitywide effort led by a l...
The Sunday Shoes Program is an innovative solution to help heart failure patients monitor weight ...
Over the past 20 years, nursing homes have been undertaking a cultural transition to look and fee...
Ten years ago, Mercy began telemedicine in its ICUs to improve patient outcomes. Today the St. Lo...
The Institute for Diversity in Health Management in collaboration with the AHA's Hospitals in Pur...
Creating a quieter hospital environment can help the healing process and improve the patient expe...
In January 2015, Southern Illinois Healthcare, based in Carbondale, was awarded an 18-month USDA ...
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...
Hospitals and faith organizations are collaborating to improve health care outcomes and organize ...
Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Montana, is working with community stakeholders, inc...
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...
By adopting a supplier diversity program, hospitals and health care systems can support minority-...
The premise of this project was that failure to maintain a patient's respect and dignity represen...
Approximately two years ago frontline staff presented a proposal to remove bed and chair alarms f...
Four years ago this hospital had no clinical leadership development program. Physician leaders wi...
Tufts Medical Center made a decision to create its own quality improvement training for its workf...
In 2012, a physician-led Pioneer accountable care organization recognized an opportunity to bette...
For patients, the transition between acute and post-acute care is rife with risk. Even with moder...
North Shore Medical Center aims to provide the perfect patient experience based on evidence-based...
The skilled nursing facility three-day waiver program is an exciting opportunity at Partners Heal...
Nighttime or off-shift intubations are a low-frequency, high-risk procedure in a community hospit...
At Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a small group of challenging patients account for a disproportio...
North Shore Medical Center is dedicated to safely transitioning all emergency department patients...