Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...

Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...

Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...

Over the past eight years, an interdisciplinary team at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital prioritized...

To reduce the incidence and spread of hospitalacquired infections in two critical operational nod...

In response to an increase in fall-related injuries in its skilled nursing facility, Champlain Va...

With unique culture trends and stringent regulatory obligations, patient care units are often cha...

Evidence-based practice is an essential requirement of professional health care providers. Rural ...

A temporary reduction in pharmacy hours at Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic contributed to med...

Coney Island Hospital developed a crisis prevention, early intervention, and response team known ...

Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

As the new operations manager of Delaware Valley Hospital's primary care centers began her assess...

Ellis Medicine started this project in April 2010 to reduce readmissions, as readmissions are cli...

Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...

Good Samaritan Hospital's Clinical Transformation Team guided the formation of a Ventilator-Assoc...

An unprecedented cluster of infant falls from post-cesarean section mothers' arms sparked the mat...

Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...

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

The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia and central line-associated infections data for the third quarter...

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 ...

The advent of computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. The use of CT...

In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...

Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...

Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...

A strategy to use a single, integrated EMR has helped make Elliot Health System, based in Manches...

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

Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...

Clinical IT systems create great opportunities and challenges, especially for rural hospitals. St...

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

Educating staff. Connecting patients to primary care physicians upon discharge. Identifying patie...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

Joseph Betancourt, M.D., director of multicultural education for Massachusetts General Hospital i...

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 ...

Abington Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from the chie...

Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from th...

Seamless, effective patient handoffs are a critical piece of any hospital?s patient safety framew...

Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, Kirkland, Wash., implemented best practices in patient flow bu...

For expectant mothers at risk for childbirth complications, the OB assist team at Abington (Pa.) ...

ED bottlenecks are common problems in hospitals causing excessive wait times, decreasing patient ...

As the automobile industry in Flint, Mich., has declined, area residents have faced significant s...

"There are two jobs at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, Utica, N.Y. "taking care of patients directl...

The 3,500 employees of Eastern (Bangor) Maine Medical Center are role models for other employees ...

After attending a 2005 conference on trauma-informed care, two nurses at Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospi...

Extending services beyond the hospital walls to its most vulnerable patients?that is the goal of ...

When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...

When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...

The Problem According to the CDC, 248,000 bloodstream infections occur in U.S. hospitals each ye...

At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...

The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...

The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...

The Problem A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...

The Problem In a 2008 medical staff satisfaction survey, 93 percent of Advocate Good Shepherd ph...

The ProblemMedication reconciliation—comparing a patient's medication orders to all medications t...

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

The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...

The Problem In 2004, Faxton Hospital and St. Luke's-Memorial Hospital merged. The leaders of the...

The ProblemFlowers wanted to improve its performance on the 28 quality measures that are featured...

The Problem Good Samaritan's LWBS rate (2.1 percent) is close to the national average (2.0 perce...