Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Patient and family engagement is associated with fewer adverse events, lower health care costs, d...

To support hospitals embarking on their population health journey, the Health Research & Educatio...

Massachusetts General Hospital's (MGH) 2012 community health needs assessment, in which communiti...

Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

HPOE has teamed up with the Illinois Hospital Association to highlight its yearly quality awards....

The feeling of being truly cared for leaves a lasting impression and aids in the healing process....

When River Hospital, Alexandria Bay, N.Y., identified an unmet mental health need for active duty...

Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...

The AHA and the American Medical Association collaborated on this paper to present both physician...

To align the hospital ministry with the needs of the community and to reduce avoidable health car...

Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident ca...

The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...

Protecting workers from exposure to all types of respiratory hazards is an important issue for ho...

HPOE and Leavitt Partners worked in collaboration to detail how accountable care organizations (A...

This article highlights what hospitals are doing to improve access to behavioral health services....

This toolkit from OSHA is availalbe to the public and contains references, educational resources ...

In addition to identifying priority health needs and aligning partners and resources to address c...

The heart failure program began in 1995. The hospital developed a multidisciplinary heart failure...

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

The country’s highest presidential honor for performance excellence through innovation, improveme...

When hospitals care for victims of violence, it provides a window of opportunity to interrupt the...

Hospitals and care systems are uniquely positioned to play an integral role preventing violence i...

This article from Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, ...

Working with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this infographic summarizes the findings of a re...

Sharing best practices and facilitating peer-to-peer learning were core elements of the AHA/HRET ...

The Human Services Alliance of Beaufort County is one of the oldest coalitions for health improve...

Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, a 237-bed facility in Orlando, Florida, used best practices and peer-to...

Hospital Menonita de Aibonito, a 150-bed facility in Aibonito, Puerto Rico, used best practices a...

Hospital Menonita de Cayey, a 208-bed facility in Cayey, Puerto Rico, used best practices and pee...

Presence Saint Joseph Hospital, a 184-bed facility in Elgin, Illinois, examined quality metrics t...

St. Catherine Hospital, a 189-bed facility in East Chicago, Indiana, used best practices and peer...

St. John's Hospital, a 431-bed facility in Springfield, Illinois, used best practices and peer-to...

UConn John Dempsey Hospital, a 174-bed facility in Farmington, Connecticut, used best practices a...

As the U.S. health care system transforms, hospitals are playing a greater role in building a cul...

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

This HPOE webinar, held in conjunction with the Institute for Diversity in Health Management, fea...

Founded in 1912, MedStar St. Mary's Hospital serves the people of St. Mary's County, Maryland. A ...

Hospital-based Strategies for Creating a Culture of Health provides background on the Robert Wood...

Hospitals and care systems across the country are engaged in quality improvement efforts to impro...

Three Illinois hospitals received recognition for “delivering quality with distinction” by the Il...

Cybersecurity vulnerabilities and intrusions pose risks for every hospital and its reputation. Wh...

With the rise in higher-deductible health plans and coinsurance, Americans are paying an increasi...

Together with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, HRET shared the results of a survey that stu...

The compendium is a collection of action-oriented resources that can help design and implement st...

This article highlights the success of a pilot project between Park Nicollet hospital, St. Louis ...

The patient experience as measured by patient satisfaction scores is an organizational goal. In t...

Hospitals pursuing environmental sustainability are not only contributing to healthier communitie...

This updated chartpack offers a snapshot of some common strategies used to improve the quality of...