Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Every four years, the Olympic Games recognize athletes on a quest to be the best in their chosen ...

The Standardized Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric ESRD (SCOPE) Quality Collaborative helps d...

A recent study of 39 children's hospitals revealed 16 organizations have antimicrobial stewardshi...

Patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction or congestive heart failure are more likely...

The Health Disparities Cancer Collaborative implemented six components of the chronic care model ...

This commentary was written by  Daren R. Anderson, MD, vice president and chief quality officer, ...

This toolkit presents Muskegon County's Community Health Needs Assessment  process and results, a...

Studies suggest that the presence of multiple chronic conditions (MCC) adds a layer of complexity...

University Hospitals Case Medical Center has undergone a decade-long cultural transformation to a...

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center strives to provide competent, culturally sensitive, high...

A strong collaboration among senior leadership, governance and the medical staff at Meriter Hospi...

Small but mighty describes Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hosp...

E-mail, e-books, e-commerce. And now for patients, eVisits. At the University of Pittsburgh Medic...

Safety-net hospitals have lower performance than non-SNHs on metrics of patient-reported experien...

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

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in American men, after skin cancer. According to...

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

It?s estimated that patients remember and understand about half of the information they receive f...

This study advocates for a highly structured electronic health record with real-time alerts and d...

Drawing from data reported by the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the Agency for Healthcare Research an...

The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority and the Health Care Improvement Foundation (HCIF) partn...

Pennsylvania facilities submitted 879 medication error reports from July 1, 2004, through January...

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 ...

Although Maryland enjoys the third highest median income in the United States, the state suffers ...

Infection control data demonstrated an increase in the incidence of primary bacteremia associated...

A patient care initiative was created to eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ...

After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater...

The Kishwaukee Community Hospital nurses and physicians recognized the opportunity to improve car...

Reduction of hospital-acquired infections is a major focus of the board of directors and senior l...

Excess days were identified as an area for improvement due to the disparity between hospitals wit...

Best practices from the Surgical Care Improvement Project have been implemented to reduce the inc...

Resurrection Medical Center had a percutaneous coronary intervention within 90 minutes compliance...

Using Plan-Do-Study-Act, this initiative prioritized utilization of spirometry as the standard di...

Customer satisfaction performance is a hospital strategic goal. Marianjoy's inpatient satisfactio...

Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...

The reduction of HAPU has been a focus for 10 years at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center. Over tha...

Quarterly surveys revealed elevated hospital-acquired pressure ulcer rates unchanged by previous ...

The aim of this project was to reduce the number of Venous Thromboembolisms acquired during hospi...

A multidisciplinary team was formed to increase the rate of risk assessment and appropriate thera...

As a small community hospital, ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence was low. However, the lo...

During this webinar, hear how AnMed Health is applying the principles of REaL (race, ethnicity an...

Occupying a five-block campus on Chicago's west side and serving an area that stretches about 15 ...

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

This web seminar highlighted improvements in staff training and building the culturally competent...

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

The rural community of Ellenville, New York (population 4,000), and the New York borough of Brook...

An annual list of the top 100 hospitals in the United States.

As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced...

The results from a 32-month long national collaborative, Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac...

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

Enriching. That's how AnMed Health views the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity of its ...

Enriching. That's how AnMed Health views the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity of its ...

The 2011 recipients of the annual John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards.  The award...

Adoption of rapid response teams has grown dramatically in hospital settings. Despite limited evi...

This toolkit is designed to help your hospital understand the Quality Indicators from AHRQ, and s...

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

This decision-maker brief offers programmatic and policy changes that can help practices, especia...

An Evidence-informed Case Rate is a budget for a comprehensive episode of medical care within a d...

An interactive map showing quality initiatives by state

In this study of 1,421 employees, we examined how different presentations of information affect t...

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

As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced...

This commentary describes a template to standardize handoff education to drive safety improvement.

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

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

Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...

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

At the end of the second quarter of 2010, The Brooklyn Hospital Center identified that only four ...

Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...

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

Stern Family Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation tracked hospital readmissions and found ...

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