Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...

SMH was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative designed to improve quality, effi...

The Institute for Diversity in Health Management, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, works close...

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

St. John's implemented a web-based business intelligence platform that integrates physician quali...

A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...

Teams of individuals who communicate effectively dramatically reduce the consequences of human er...

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...

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

Variation and delays in the early mobilization of patients in the ICU can result in an increased ...

Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...

A Safe Patient Handling program (SPH) was initiated in 2006. A SPH vendor was chosen based upon e...

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

The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...

This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

The transformation of health care is occurring at a rapid pace causing an increase in the need to...

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

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

In 2006 the Board of Trustees of Greenville Health System (GHS) committed to develop a workforce ...

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...

Truven Health Analytics discusses key areas of focus for hospitals and care systems that want to ...

Baystate Health, based in Springfield, Mass., has two formal mentorship programs available to its...

The Institute for Diversity in Health Management's Summer Enrichment Program matches and places m...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize annually honors hospitals and health systems that contin...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize annually honors hospitals and health systems that contin...

INTEGRIS Health is the largest Oklahoma-owned health care corporation. Its facilities cover the c...

The culture of an organization can actively support the commitment of its workforce by providing ...

Engaging patients and families in health care can help hospitals achieve the Triple Aim: better c...

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

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

Health care organizations are in varying stages of clinical and financial integration as they pur...

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

Hospitals and health care systems can support their missions and also many additional benefits by...

A gap analysis was conducted. Key themes emerged in this analysis such as inadequate preparation ...

This guide explains why hospital leaders should explore sustainability strategies for their organ...

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

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

Hospitals and health care systems are faced with unprecedented challenges and opportunities as th...

The United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration office released...

The Community Health Systems Development Team at the Georgia Health Policy Center has developed a...

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

Womansplace Crisis Center is committed to working toward the elimination of violence against wome...

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...

October 6 – 12 is Mental Health Awareness Week. According to estimates, in the United States each...

October 6 – 12 is Mental Health Awareness Week. According to estimates, in the United States each...

Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network GoalsReduce patient harm by 40 percent and ...

The Collaborative on Reducing Hospital Readmissions GoalUnderstand readmission causes and adopt ...

Southeastern Health, Lumberton, N.C. 452 beds 16,000 impatient admissions 76,000 emergency d...

Research shows that when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable imp...

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...

This toolkit provides a framework for creating interventions that promote the Healthy People 2020...

In California, about 16 percent of the adult population, more than 4 million people, have mental ...

This resource gives hospital and health system leaders concrete, practical steps grounded on evid...

This article discusses how six organizations in Oakland, Calif., used a health impact assessment ...

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

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

Children diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavior disorders need q...

Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Jackson, Miss.– 633 beds– 3,000-plus employees In 1997, Miss...

Telepsychiatry is playing a pivotal role in providing timely care to hospitalized mental health p...

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

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

The medical center experienced a 115 percent increase in behavioral health (BH) patients presenti...

Emergency department overcrowding has created patient throughput challenges with 2012 volume alre...

Greenville Health SystemGreenville, South Carolina786 Beds The Problem The diversity of the lead...

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

The hospital was experiencing higher costs and lower quality care than its competitors based on d...

The treatment of asthma requires cultural and linguistic sensitivity. Ideal treatment options req...

To help those with reading and language challenges, UVA Health System staff developed a curriculu...

A collaborative effort among Harborview Medical Center, two massage schools, the Southeast Seattl...

This case study describes an evidence-based residency program that applies to an international au...

Beginning in August 2007, the Arizona Department of Health Services' Health Disparities Center or...

In order to deliver the highest quality and most appropriate health care, Georgia Health Sciences...

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

After acknowledging that medication errors were on the rise, the facility implemented computerize...

Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...

Effective care transitions programs can do more than improve patient care: patients learn to mana...

An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...

The goal was to improve turnaround times of troponin and EKGs within the cardiac patient populati...

The 2012 AHA Committee on Performance Improvement focused on advanced illness management. Well-de...

Webinars and presentations from the New England Health Impact Assessment Training Series in 2012.

St. John?s Institute for Cognitive Health and the University of Utah Center for Alzheimer?s Care,...

This report discusses strategies to help health care leaders prioritize three foundational elemen...

This second report in this series expands and explains all three strategies and focuses on patien...

This articles argues that now is the time to integrate public health and primary care in a way th...

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

Barriers and Strategies for Overcoming Them To identify the barriers to implementation and the s...

A key objective of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's new reimbursement and payment...

Physicians' steady interest in hospital employment — a trend that has accelerated in recent years...

The AMA Principles for Physician Employment are intended to help physicians, those who employ phy...

While there is broad agreement on the general concepts defining patient-centered medical homes, l...

Authors William F. Jessee, MD and David Rowlee, Ph. D. from Integrated Healthcare Strategies, dis...

Efforts to improve U.S. health care must include payment reforms that encourage greater efficienc...