Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

A medical staff that is committed to social justice and a vision statement that includes reducing...

The rate of "mortality amenable to health care" that is--deaths that are considered preventable w...

While many hospital and health systems have already implemented evidence-based medicine and proce...

The answer is: attracting, retaining and developing the best workforce. The question: What is one...

This webpage gives consumers resources and tools to be actively engaged in the quality of the car...

This website gives history and information to patients, providers, payers of western New York sta...

Overcoming transition challenges requires tenacity and teamwork. During a time of transition befo...

A report released jointly by AARP's Public Policy Institute, The Commonwealth Fund and The SCAN F...

Reining in health care costs has become a central policy challenge for government and a pressing ...

The U.S. is facing an epidemic of chronic disease at the same time as it's facing tough decisions...

The inaugural report of the AHA Committee on Performance Improvement details “Hospitals and Care ...

Just three years ago, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center faced falling quality indicators, staff ...

Changing demographics continue to fuel the growth of cultural diversity in Northeast Ohio. In tur...

Changing demographics continue to fuel the growth of cultural diversity in Northeast Ohio. In tur...

This report summarizes the results of that survey, which indicated that overall influenza vaccina...

Efficient bed placement for patients can mean fewer discharge delays, decreased length of stay an...

Statistics fans, check out these numbers: Staff at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) has...

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

This sponsored supplement explores the challenges of investing for lower-cost devices, services a...

This site, sponsored by the Office of Minority Health, offers the latest resources and tools to p...

A trip to the emergency department too often conjures up images of crowded waiting rooms and exte...

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

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

Duplicate medication order errors increased with CPOE and CDS implementation. Many work system fa...

Hospitals across the region are seeing more people with different languages, cultural sensitiviti...

Responding to an explosive growth in patient population, Yale-New Haven Hospital implemented a su...

"We will open the doors." This was no magic incantation. Instead, the critical care unit at Virgi...

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

Drug prescriptions need to accurately identify the medications that prescribers intend for pharma...

The Joint Commission's 2011 National Patient Safety Goals.

As America's hospitals and health systems are transforming care, hospitals are facing challenges ...

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

Health care professionals and patients all agree that wrong site surgery is a serious and prevent...

The mission: to eliminate all preventable harm by January 1, 2012. The team leaders: board of dir...

Electronic health records may create less paperwork, but documentation can still be time-consumin...

An integrated approach to project design drove breakthrough improvement in operating results at S...

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

Through HFMA's Value Project, health care finance leaders are joining their clinical partners to ...

Results from the 2010 survey about readmission activities are presented

In late 2010, NAPH administered an online survey to quality directors (or their designee) at 101 ...

The report provides a scientific base and practical guidance fo rengaging public health professio...

Listening to patients and the community can spark change. The Lehigh Valley Health Network, in ea...

Front-line nurses led the way in a medication safety initiative at Stanford Hospital & Clinics, S...

This guide serves to explore the concept of cultural competency and build the case for the enhanc...

Labor and delivery departments are busy places. At New York-Presbyterian, providing appropriate b...

The patient population of Heywood Hospital in Gardner, Mass., seemed to lack diversity. But by ac...

The patient population of Heywood Hospital in Gardner, Mass., seemed to lack diversity. But by ac...

The report defines the meaning of value in health care, provides an overview of the current state...

Rethinking a registration process kept its meds system in compliance. St. James Hospital and Heal...

"Navigating the rising tide of HACs" is what Baystate Medical Center (BMC) calls this project. A ...

Salt and a jar of pickles: That's what one HealthEast (St. Paul, Minn.) transition coach found in...

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

To expertly execute a dribble handoff in basketball, communication between teammates is key. How ...

To expertly execute a dribble handoff in basketball, communication between teammates is key. How ...

Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii, used "a novel approach" to ...

Timely access to health care is important for everyone, particularly our nation's veterans. From ...

March 6-12 is designated as National Patient Safety Awareness Week...and we know that America's h...

An analysis of the current market

Racial and socioeconomic inequity persists in health care quality. An exploratory interview with ...

A focus on wellness to provide better health and better health care is part of the AHA's Health F...

At the 7th Biennial Joanna Briggs International Colloquium in Chicago, Nancy Donaldson, R.N., dir...

Why Is Focusing On Preventable Mortality Important?Hospital leaders work hard every day to provid...

 The purpose of this guide is to provide hospitals with a resource to help reduce inappropriate v...

One measure in one area in one month: 1-1-1. That's the call-to-action plan employed by Parrish M...

The journey from good to great for Good Samaritan Hospital of Baltimore started with differentiat...

The US Department of Veterans Affairs comprehensive Clinical Practice program brings together VA ...

2011 Guidelines

This study examined SSDI applications between 2005 and 2006, focusing on a "natural experiment" t...

The guide is based on the learning that emerged from a multi-year pilot project that aimed to red...

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

An NQF endorsement reflects rigorous scientific and evidence-based review, input from patients an...

The report provides: Background on health and wellness programs and how they are incentivized ...

This paper discusses how new technologies can be applied to improve the health of populations and...

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...