Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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...

This report discussses the Center for Disease Control's involvement with Prevention Research Cent...

This article presents four case studies of effective community and academic partnership that impr...

These programs take health education, information and related services directly to community memb...