Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Here’s the promising news: About 95 percent of hospitals and health care systems collect data on ...

There is a need for greater understanding of the factors that lead to improved process quality an...

The “second curve” of population health involves an integrated approach to improving patient and ...

The health care field leaves a large environmental footprint, but hospitals and health care syste...

This case study describes a pilot program to find out the effect that integrative behavioral heal...

Preventing hospital-acquired infections, reducing surgical complications and reducing readmission...

Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals and health systems that have...

This article discusses opportunities for health care providers to leverage Affordable Care Act re...

Eliminating hospital-acquired infections, preventing patient falls, reducing preventable readmiss...

Eliminating hospital-acquired infections, preventing patient falls, reducing preventable readmiss...

As health care leaders implement diverse improvement projects, from reducing hospital-acquired in...

Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals and health systems that have...

Goal-Reduce and prevent medical errors by adopting best practices and procedures. The Patient Sa...

On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...

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

In July 2013, the AHA released another collection of action-oriented resources that can help hosp...

The Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Networks are designed to improve patient care ac...

The aviation industry has successfully used checklists to ensure safe air travel for passengers a...

Everyone is talking “population health management,” and many health care organizations are succes...

No single organization can effectively address complex community health issues such as access to ...

Concord (N.H.) Hospital • 230-bed regional medical center • 17,194 admissions • 295 medical staff...

Providing culturally competent care to patients requires a focus on more than just race, ethnicit...

Ensuring the highest quality for patient care means continuously reviewing processes and outcomes...

Collective Impact is the commitment of a group of actors from different sectors to a common agend...

Early and safe mobility of critically ill patients in a cardiovascular surgical intensive care un...

After several monthly reviews of reported adverse drug events, hypoglycemia ranked highest for th...

The Red Box strategy was created to help reduce cost and health care worker time associated with ...

The 2012 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality award winners and finalists are highlighted in this webin...

At hospital shift changes, doctors and nurses exchange crucial information about the patients the...

Building a culture of quality and safety in hospitals requires accomplished and courageous health...

Hospitals are on a never-ending journey of quality improvement—employing new technologies and tec...

The IHI Improvement Capability Self‐Assessment Tool is designed to assist organizations in asse...

Compassionate and cost effective is how Memorial Healthcare System, based in Hollywood, Fla., des...

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

Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...

As part of Franciscan St. James Health's commitment to improve the surgery processes, the hospita...

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

A Lean project to address why physicians were not receiving lab results in a timely manner was im...

This Lean project focused on improving processes in central sterile processing. All processes for...

The OSF cardiac service line implemented a STEMI Improvement project to identify obstacles that c...

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

The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...

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

With nearly half of all emergency departments operating at or above capacity and the majority of ...

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

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

Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

Until recently, Stony Brook University Medical Center's approach to core measure data consisted o...

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

Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...

Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...

As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...

In 2006, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation declared a bold vision for patient safety...

In 2008, a project was underway to renovate Southampton Hospital's emergency department (upgradin...

In 2010, Southampton Hospital discovered that its process for checking and maintaining equipment/...

In 2009, North Central Bronx Hospital analyzed data from its diabetes registry to identify opport...

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Family Medicine Department made a commitment to improve the quality ...

University of Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, MS623 Beds The Problem University of Mississipp...

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

Children's Mercy Hospitals & ClinicsKansas City, MO265 Beds The Problem The patient population a...

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

The paper makes recommendations for enhancing QI efforts in health care, including providing stro...

A controversial safety intervention, rapid response systems (RRS) do not appear to improve clinic...

This brief, based on site visits from Nov. 2009 through March 2010, highlights care coordination ...

The guide is a resource for those interested or already engaged in quality improvement initiative...

This article discusses the evidence base behind population health management and explores the fut...

This 46-page document reviews the history of Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives and consi...

At the 7th Biennial Joanna Briggs International Colloquium in Chicago this fall, Kathi Patterson,...

This guide communicates the idea that workforce and human resource practices can positively impac...

Aesop?s fable "The Bundle of Sticks" teaches a lesson in working together: "Union gives strength....

Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine shocked the health care field and the general public wit...

The Problem Emergency departments across the nation are being stretched as more Americans rely o...

The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...

The Problem The results of blood tests are crucial to physician decision making. At St. Luke's, ...