Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Hospitals strive to achieve the Triple Aim. This collection of case studies features three exampl...

The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...

The NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System implemented multidisciplinary ICU mobilization teams t...

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System opened a facility to treet heavioral health and prim...

NYU Lutheran Healthcare, Brooklyn, N.Y., created a shared medical appointment program transformin...

Addressing the complex needs of older patients and their caregivers is the focus of the Bridge Mo...

The Bridge Model improves transitions of care by utilizing master’s-educated social workers in a ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When River Hospital, Alexandria Bay, N.Y., identified an unmet mental health need for active duty...

Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident ca...

At hospitals, health care systems and state, regional and metropolitan hospital associations acro...

This article highlights what hospitals are doing to improve access to behavioral health services....

Sylvia Getman, president and CEO of the Aroostook Medical Center and senior vice president of Eas...

Lake Placid and Tupper Lake, nursing homes that are part of Adirondack Health, Saranac Lake, N.Y....

The Muskegon Community Health Project, in partnership with Mercy Health Partners, is an inclusive...

With the rapid pace of health care transformation hospitals are looking at ways to redefine the "...

Ascension Health created a business unit called Transformational Development. It is charged with ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs home-based primary care  began in 1972.  Home-based primary ca...

This article from Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, ...

With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, decisions made at the state level pla...

Matching patients with primary care physicians was top priority of this project improvement by th...

Matching patients with primary care physicians was top priority of this project improvement by th...

Preventing falls has been in the news recently, and with good reason: Among older adults, falls a...

OSF Healthcare, Peoria, Ill., wanted to improve the care of patients experiencing an ST elevation...

The answer is HPOE.org. The question: Where do hospital and care system leaders find resources an...

With four hospitals and more than 120 employed medical providers, St. Charles Health System is a ...

Three Illinois hospitals received recognition for “delivering quality with distinction” by the Il...

The Stars of the Field is H&HN's second annual AHA awards issue. Hospitals that are making tremen...

Managing population health, financial planning for value-based care and payment, and leading impr...

This article highlights the success of a pilot project between Park Nicollet hospital, St. Louis ...

Transition coaches may be the “glue” between hospital visits and primary care. So says Julie Cann...

Today’s hospital and care system leaders are addressing challenges while maximizing opportunities...

At hospitals, health care systems and state, regional and metropolitan hospital associations acro...

This article found that county characteristics are independently associated with higher hospital ...

The winds of change in health care are swirling around us: shifting patient and workforce demogra...

This infographic shows what 40-year-old Americans would pay for a second-lowest-cost silver excha...

This case study describes a pilot program to find out the effect that integrative behavioral heal...

One in four Americans experiences a behavioral health illness or substance abuse disorder each ye...

This Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence guide explains the value of integrating physical and beha...

Redefine. Partner. Integrate. Experiment. Specialize. Many hospitals and care systems are embarki...

Preventing hospital-acquired infections, reducing surgical complications and reducing readmission...

If you build a community of care, people will come. It happened when Middlesex Hospital, in Middl...

Learn from the best of the best. The 2013 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® recipients will s...

This report discusses the importance of health in all policies, an approach to improving health b...

In July 2013, the AHA released another collection of action-oriented resources that can help hosp...

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

How do you successfully integrate behavioral health and primary care? A recent HPOE webinar highl...

Providing quality care for patients with limited English proficiency can be challenging, even for...

There is a growing need to improve health care, especially at the interface between general medic...

Being accessible only by airplane or boat adds to the scenic character of Wrangell, Alaska (popul...

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

Holy Cross Hospital could be characterized as an emergency department with critical care units. T...

Chambers County was designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration as one of the ...

Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Jackson, Miss.– 633 beds– 3,000-plus employees In 1997, Miss...

The National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quali...

The medical center experienced a 115 percent increase in behavioral health (BH) patients presenti...

The chair files highlight stories of hospitals and health systems that are implementing innovativ...

The traditional behavioral health access model of calling for an appointment which is subsequentl...

 HPOE is pleased to highlight case studies from the Illinois Hospital Association’s Institute f...

Disparities in care were noted for diabetes, cardio vascular disease and cancer screeening for Hm...

Kaiser Permanente, as an integrated health care delivery system, has made significant progress to...

African American older adults are at greater risk of depression due to the higher incidence of ch...

Transforming organizations, such as academic health centers or teaching hospitals, toward creatin...

The driving principle behind the outpatient service excellence journey is excellent customer serv...

This primer discusses community benefit laws across the United States, noting differences in fede...

Today we need leaders who can help address the challenges and maximize the tremendous opportuniti...

Southcentral FoundationAnchorage, AK150 beds A nonprofit health care organization owned by the A...

Informed Medical Decisions FoundationBoston, MAThe Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, founded...

Emory HealthcareAtlanta, GA Emory Healthcare, a large academic teaching system, deployed a patie...

Use this tool to assess whether your health-related organization or system, or coalition of organ...

This second report in this series expands and explains all three strategies and focuses on patien...

The move from volume- to value-based care has profound implications for those who design, build a...

Medicine involves decisions. But for Medicare patients with conditions for which surgery is an op...

Palliative care specializes in taking care of patients with serious illness and focuses on provid...

Now, more than ever, hospitals and health system CEOs cannot sit on their hands as new care deliv...

Assisted living facilities allow residents to "age in place" by adjusting their level of care and...

At hospital shift changes, doctors and nurses exchange crucial information about the patients the...

Kaiser Permanente developed a home-based model of palliative care that uses an interdisciplinary ...

Bernard J. Tyson, a Kaiser Permanente employee and leader for 28 years and its chief operating of...

The mobile app from HPOE will ensure you receive up-to-date alerts when new HPOE guides are relea...

For the last century, the major causes of disease and death among Americans have changed, shiftin...

Acute care hospitals have been establishing palliative programs at a rapid pace; the United States n...

In 1996, as the growth in managed care increased the role for general internists and primary care...

Many physicians are becoming employees of hospitals, medical groups or affiliate organizations. F...

This report is part of a new effort to provide medical students with information about the patter...

AbstractBackground: Handover practices at hospital discharge are relatively under-researched, par...

One of the most vital strategies in the current health care environment is physician-hospital ali...

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

At-large members are individuals in health care with an interest in the activities of the AHA and...

The American Organization of Nurse Executives is the national organization of nurses who design, ...

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