In an Oct. 17 webinar presented by Becker's Hospital Review, Scott Becker, a partner at McGuireWo...

October 22nd, 2012
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Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, a 347-bed public hospital in Bronx, N.Y., has establish...

October 8th, 2012
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Background: Little information exists about what primary care physicians and patients experience ...

October 2nd, 2012
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Secondary analysis of data from two studies examining palliative care in rural areas was conducte...

October 1st, 2012
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Readmission rates to U.S. hospitals are high, often because of poor care transitions. Serious adv...

October 1st, 2012
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Quality is the first word that comes to mind when we talk about the American Hospital Association...

July 1st, 2012
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This decision-maker brief offers programmatic and policy changes that can help practices, especia...

March 1st, 2012
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This report utilizes Dartmouth Atlas data to show differences in resource utilization among the 2...

February 6th, 2012
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South Nassau Communities Hospital initiated the "Knot So Fast" project to promote a safe and effi...

February 1st, 2012
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Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...

February 1st, 2012
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Traditionally, primary care physicians maintain chief responsibility for treating their criticall...

February 1st, 2012
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Coney Island Hospital developed a crisis prevention, early intervention, and response team known ...

February 1st, 2012
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St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester, division of Saint Joseph's Medical Center began this initiati...

February 1st, 2012
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The closed-door discussion focused on the best practices of organizations that have won or were f...

December 7th, 2011
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Transitions across care settings introduce risk for patient harm, and medication errors are an im...

December 1st, 2011
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In the fall of 2008, perioperative leaders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., conduc...

December 1st, 2011
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The National Committee for Quality Assurance starts an accountable care organization accreditati...

November 15th, 2011
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The paper makes recommendations for enhancing QI efforts in health care, including providing stro...

November 1st, 2011
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This annual webinar highlights thhe 2011 AHA-McKesson  Quest forQuality winners and finalists. 20...

November 1st, 2011
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Treating U.S. veterans with mental illness and substance use disorders is more expensive than car...

October 19th, 2011
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A report released jointly by AARP's Public Policy Institute, The Commonwealth Fund and The SCAN F...

September 8th, 2011
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The inaugural report of the AHA Committee on Performance Improvement details “Hospitals and Care ...

September 1st, 2011
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Transplant recipients are fragile patients, at high risk for infections and fluid and electrolyte...

June 6th, 2011
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This guide was created to share best practices and key lessons from innovative organizations on a...

April 1st, 2011
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This study examined SSDI applications between 2005 and 2006, focusing on a "natural experiment" t...

January 1st, 2011
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Extending services beyond the hospital walls to its most vulnerable patients?that is the goal of ...

February 1st, 2010
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The ProblemFlowers wanted to improve its performance on the 28 quality measures that are featured...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem The women and infants department's lean journey began in early 2006 when a local hos...

July 31st, 2009
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The TriCentral Palliative Care Program toolkit presents a wide range of educational, technical as...

November 8th, 2002
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