Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

St. Joseph Regional Health Center went on a Lean journey to not only save money, but improve the ...

Providing world-class quality health care may seem an audacious goal for a small or rural hospita...

Results from an Association for Community Health Improvement and American Hospital Association Su...

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

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

Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health CenterWindsor, VT60 Beds The Problem Mt. Ascutney Hospital and ...

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

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center and Cheyenne Health and Wellness Center partner on several initi...

In 2008, Ellis Hospital launched a medical home at its Ellis Health Center campus. This initiativ...

Davis Health System is a health care network that includes 90-bed Davis Memorial Hospital, 12-bed...

The goal was to eliminate all variances in the clinical process measures to ensure that patients ...

Project Perlas is a community-based participatory research project addressing disparities in mamm...

Year after year, America’s hospitals respond to meet pressing community health care needs. In 200...

Kaiser PermanenteOakland, CAKaiser Permanente is a health care provider and nonprofit health plan...

Helen DeVos Children’s HospitalGrand Rapids, MI212 Beds Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital examined...

Geisinger Health SystemDanville, PA545 Beds Geisinger Health System is an integrated health serv...

Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA229 Beds Cambridge Health Alliance is an integrated health...

One successful initiative can lead to another. A “nurse transitionist” program at Western Marylan...

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

Accelerating Care Integration Lack of care coordination and integration was identified as a majo...

UNC Hospitals is committed to providing a patient-centered care environment. A team of leaders is...

Fairfield Memorial Hospital identified the need to improve the patient experience in the emergenc...

This webinar highlighted the essential elements within care coordination strategies for the dual ...

Teamwork benefits seniors, too. A partnership between Wishard Health Services?a large safety net ...

In 2009, North Central Bronx Hospital analyzed data from its diabetes registry to identify opport...

Adventist HealthCareRockville, Maryland1,045 Beds The Problem Adventist HealthCare created the C...

Commonwealth Care Alliance Boston, MA The Problem Commonwealth Care Alliance, which functions bo...

Compassionate Care is a nationally recognized case management program through which Aetna's Medic...

Summa Health SystemAkron, OH461 Beds The Problem Summa Health System serves a five county region...

Wishard Health ServicesIndianapolis, IN293 Beds  The Problem Geriatric Resources for Assessment ...

AtlantiCareAtlantic City, NJ538 Beds The Problem The Special Care Center is a primary care cente...

Montefiore Medical CenterBronx, NY1,418 Beds The Problem Montefiore Medical Center is a large, a...

Care coordination is challenging for complex and vulnerable patient populations. Montefiore Medic...

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

The Affordable Care Act includes several provisions designed to encourage greater coordination an...

This white paper introduces an overall approach and tools designed to support two processes: the ...

n response to growing interest from the hospital community in better understanding and improving ...

This brief, based on site visits from Nov. 2009 through March 2010, highlights care coordination ...

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

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

The federal health reform legislation includes several demonstration projects that will be held i...

Aesop?s fable "The Bundle of Sticks" teaches a lesson in working together: "Union gives strength....

The Problem Almost 20 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are readmitted to the hospital within 30...

Mercy has participated in developing a network of health care providers and community agencies to...