Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

What is it? Now in its third year, Camp Med is a three-day, hands-on experience at the hospital t...

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...

Transition coaches may be the “glue” between hospital visits and primary care. So says Julie Cann...

Transition coaches may be the “glue” between hospital visits and primary care. So says Julie Cann...

This article found that county characteristics are independently associated with higher hospital ...

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

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

This report highlights nearly 80 evidence-based disease and injury prevention programs. These pro...

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

Newark Department of Child and Family Well-BeingNewark NJ The Problem In 2003, The Newark (N.J.)...

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

June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...

June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...

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

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

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

The Backyard Initiative at Allina Health, based in Minnesota, is truly taking care beyond hospita...

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

Little is known about the unique health needs and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans...

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

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

This primer discusses community benefit laws across the United States, noting differences in fede...

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

This book provides practical skills for building communities. Chapters three, four and five addre...

This website provides a wealth of resources on CommunityHealth Needs Assessment and the related I...

The Community Guide is a resource for evidence-based task force recommendations and findings abou...

Joint ventures between investor-owned and nonprofit health care organizations are not new; in fac...

For the last century, the major causes of disease and death among Americans have changed, shiftin...

Acute care hospitals have been establishing palliative programs at a rapid pace; the United States n...

Using key metrics, MaineHealth gauges its impact on population health The board's challenge--wha...

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...

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

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

An interactive map showing quality initiatives by state

Traditionally, primary care physicians maintain chief responsibility for treating their criticall...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...

Overcrowding and bottlenecks with patient flow plague hospitals and emergency rooms across the co...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' inpatient quality reporting program includes appr...

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

Baylor Health Care SystemDallas, TX3,653 Beds The Problem The Baylor Health Care System Office o...

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 article discusses preliminary findings from the National Congress of American Indians Policy...

This report discusses the strenghts of community disease prevention offers and presents a framewo...

A Pittsburgh-based wellness program enlists entire communities to promote wellness for children.

The latest Alliance issue brief reports on how collaboratives are working at the local level to i...

The report provides a scientific base and practical guidance fo rengaging public health professio...