The work to advance health care equity is always evolving, always improving at Henry Ford Health ...

July 27th, 2015
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Read about how patient and family engagement practices are related to patient experiences. This s...

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The Heathcare Association of New York State announced its 2015 Community Health Improvement award...

July 21st, 2015

A population health initiative in Rochester, New York, is bringing together two health care syste...

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Massachusetts General Hospital's (MGH) 2012 community health needs assessment, in which communiti...

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This infographic provides a summary of the HPOE guide “Partnering to Improve Quality and Safety: ...

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Diversity and inclusion are key strategic goals at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in cen...

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Leadership is needed to direct resources and programs aimed at reducing health care disparitities...

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This paper illustrates ONC’s 10-year vision for advancing health IT capabilities in a manner that...

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Two health care systems and more than 20 community organizations are improving the health and wel...

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Diversity is becoming a key word in health care. Hospitals and health care systems are focusing o...

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In 2008, the two hospital systems partnered with the city of Whittier, the YMCA of Greater Whitti...

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This New York Times blog was written by a resident in internal medicine at Massachusetts General ...

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The concept of the Triple Aim is  widely used, partially because of IHI’s work with many organiza...

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This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...

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Each year, the Illinois Hospital Association recognizes and celebrates the achievements of Illino...

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Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center established the Quality Excellence Council at the beg...

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Palmetto Health has pursued multiple initiatives and strategies to promote a healthy community an...

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Working with community organizations, including competitors, Palmetto Health is improving the hea...

June 22nd, 2015

Health care teams that communicate effectively reduce the potential for human error, resulting in...

June 18th, 2015
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The goal was to reduce errors in failure to document stop time for IV infusions to zero. Along wi...

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The goal was to reduce errors in failure to document stop time for IV infusions to zero. Along wi...

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Their journey to eliminate falls with injury started last year, working towards a safety culture ...

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During the 2013-14 influenza season, an emergency preparedness mass influenza vaccination drill w...

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The Healthy You program was designed to enhance whole person health of the hospital's team member...

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Patients are often poorly prepared to manage acute and chronic conditions following their dischar...

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Utilization of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Outcomes Improvements, 30-Day Readmissions and Morta...

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The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...

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Successful implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention protocol demonstrated a 50 percent...

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Catheter-associated urinary tract infection is the second most commonly reported hospital-associa...

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Central line-associated bloodstream infections continue to be associated with high costs and mort...

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Central line-associated blood stream infections cause serious patient harm, leading to thousands ...

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This project is aimed at reduction of adverse outcomes experienced by patients as a result of CLA...

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During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....

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Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

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GOAL: Eliminate early elective deliveries This case study is part of the Illinois Hospital Associ...

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The daily operational safety exercise was an initiative spearheaded by the patient safety departm...

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Within the organization over the last year, a new division of four hospitals was created, with th...

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The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...

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The hospital implemented a new admissions nurse position in March 2014 to address the quality and...

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Their project was an effort to reduce DVT/PE incidence. This case study is part of the Illinois ...

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Central line-associated blood stream infections cause serious patient harm, leading to thousands ...

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This project is aimed at reduction of adverse outcomes experienced by patients as a result of CLA...

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During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....

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Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

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GOAL: Eliminate early elective deliveries

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The daily operational safety exercise was an initiative spearheaded by the patient safety departm...

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Within the organization over the last year, a new division of four hospitals was created, with th...

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The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...

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The hospital implemented a new admissions nurse position in March 2014 to address the quality and...

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Their project was an effort to reduce DVT/PE incidence. This case study is part of the Illinois H...

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The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...

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In December 2008, the hospital spotlighted national Hospital Quality Measures performance and fou...

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Perineal trauma during childbirth can lead to significant short- or long-term complications such ...

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Antibiotic stewardship was implemented in 2011 and focuses on five "D's": Drug, De-escalation of ...

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Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs direct judicious antimicrobial use to optimize patient outcome...

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Maternal cardiac arrest is rare but often fatal. Obstetricians and perinatal nurses are often fir...

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The goal was to reduce the delay in patient care by reducing patient wait times, both from reques...

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Parental satisfaction with pediatric emergency department visits has been argued to be best predi...

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The medical center consistently missed internal quality targets, with a mean HAPU rate for 2007-2...

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The pediatric team at this hospital recognized the need to improve processes surrounding care of ...

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The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...

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Reduction in the use of fluoroquinolones is an important intervention for antimicrobial stewardsh...

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After learning of the "90 minute" standard of care for providing definitive treatment for cardiac...

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National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

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This project was designed to improve the total health care for patients of a community mental hea...

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HPOE has teamed up with the Illinois Hospital Association to highlight its yearly quality awards....

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Medical center evidence pointed to a delay in surgery beyond 48 hours for hip fracture patients a...

June 9th, 2015
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Presence St. Joseph's Medical Center's project implemented interventions to maintain patient func...

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This toolkit has tips on  Selecting Patients and Families to Serve as Advisors Preparation fo...

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This blog post is from H&HN, the journal of the American Hospital Association and was written by ...

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The Wisconsin Quality of Life Index is a multidimensional model for measuring patients’ quality o...

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In 2009, a multi-pronged approach involving all stakeholders was launched aimed at early identifi...

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A performance improvement project was initiated to reduce the number of elective inductions and c...

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The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...

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