Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, a 347-bed public hospital in Bronx, N.Y., has establish...

Background: Assessment of patient safety culture has recently expanded in inpatient settings, but...

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

Secondary analysis of data from two studies examining palliative care in rural areas was conducte...

Continuous. Quality. Improvement. To achieve that goal, Meriter Hospital, a 448-bed facility in M...

Every four years, the Olympic Games recognize athletes on a quest to be the best in their chosen ...

The Standardized Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric ESRD (SCOPE) Quality Collaborative helps d...

University Hospitals Case Medical Center has undergone a decade-long cultural transformation to a...

Small but mighty describes Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hosp...

Quality is the first word that comes to mind when we talk about the American Hospital Association...

This study advocates for a highly structured electronic health record with real-time alerts and d...

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

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

During this webinar, hear how AnMed Health is applying the principles of REaL (race, ethnicity an...

Occupying a five-block campus on Chicago's west side and serving an area that stretches about 15 ...

This web seminar highlighted improvements in staff training and building the culturally competent...

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

The 2011 recipients of the annual John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards.  The award...

This toolkit is designed to help your hospital understand the Quality Indicators from AHRQ, and s...

An interactive map showing quality initiatives by state

In this study of 1,421 employees, we examined how different presentations of information affect t...

Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...

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

This commentary presents a model developed to explore how health information technology affects c...

The closed-door discussion focused on the best practices of organizations that have won or were f...

Integrating the electronic health record to improve the overall care and health of the communitie...

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

This annual webinar highlights thhe 2011 AHA-McKesson  Quest forQuality winners and finalists. 20...

Providing high-quality care to every child has always been the objective at Children's Mercy Hosp...

The current understanding of what drives readmission focuses on the quality of the inpatient disc...

Treating U.S. veterans with mental illness and substance use disorders is more expensive than car...

Accreditation by The Joint Commission was associated with stronger performance on disease-specifi...

The focus of this edition of the Economic Outlook is the physician preference market. The content...

In this article, the author argues that health equity is best achieved by securing access to high...

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...

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

Poor planning. High costs. These issues helped prompt Saint Joseph-London in London, Ky., to impr...

Throughout the United States, allied hospital associations—state, regional and metropolitan—are w...

Transplant recipients are fragile patients, at high risk for infections and fluid and electrolyte...

This guide was created to share best practices and key lessons from innovative organizations on a...

Quality improvement and transparency go hand in hand, David Ballard, M.D., senior vice president ...

Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed i...

Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed ...

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