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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
St. John's Hospital, a 431-bed facility in Springfield, Illinois, used best practices and peer-to...
UConn John Dempsey Hospital, a 174-bed facility in Farmington, Connecticut, used best practices a...
Yuma Regional Medical Center, a 406-bed facility in Yuma, Arizona, used best practices and peer-t...
Excellent patient-centered care is the goal of a program implemented by the team at McDonough Dis...
OSF Healthcare, Peoria, Ill., wanted to improve the care of patients experiencing an ST elevation...
Strengthening - Treatment - Outcomes - Patients Elmhurst Hospital Center participated in develop...
The patient experience as measured by patient satisfaction scores is an organizational goal. In t...
St. Joseph Regional Health Center went on a Lean journey to not only save money, but improve the ...
Lean transformation means improved patient care, employee satisfaction and reduced costs as MSHA ...
The Florida Hospital Association highlights its quality improvement initiatives with several repo...
On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...
Southeastern Health, Lumberton, N.C. 452 beds 16,000 impatient admissions 76,000 emergency d...
St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn. 396 licensed beds Full-service teaching hospi...
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (Glendale, Wis.) 11 hospitals, 70 clinic sites, three long-term ...
New Ulm Medical CenterNew Ulm, MN45 Beds The Problem New Ulm Medical Center, a critical access h...
Wrangell Medical CenterWrangell, AK22 Beds The Problem Wrangell Medical Center is located in Wra...
Yuma District HospitalYuma, CO12 Beds The Problem Yuma District Hospital, located in Yuma, Color...
In 2008, Ellis Hospital launched a medical home at its Ellis Health Center campus. This initiativ...
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital and Northern Counties Health Care, Inc., have had a long-...
Concord (N.H.) Hospital • 230-bed regional medical center • 17,194 admissions • 295 medical staff...
Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Jackson, Miss.– 633 beds– 3,000-plus employees In 1997, Miss...
Using FOCUS-PDCA, the hospital identified an opportunity to decrease the 30 day readmission rate ...
Data suggests that the hospital has a three year (2006-2009) CHF readmission average of 24.2 perc...
An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...
The traditional behavioral health access model of calling for an appointment which is subsequentl...
Emergency department overcrowding has created patient throughput challenges with 2012 volume alre...
Preoperative/procedure testing for surgical, cardiac catheterization and scheduled C-section pati...
HPOE is pleased to highlight case studies from the Illinois Hospital Association’s Institute f...
The University of Michigan Health System used lean management and the plan-do-check-act cycle to ...
According to the Pew research center, 74 percent of all adults in the United States use the Inte...
The University of Connecticut's community-based education program collaborated with community par...
After acknowledging that medication errors were on the rise, the facility implemented computerize...
Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...
Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...
Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...
An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...
The goal was to improve turnaround times of troponin and EKGs within the cardiac patient populati...
Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA229 Beds Cambridge Health Alliance is an integrated health...
Georgia Health Sciences Health Augusta, GA632 Beds Georgia Health Sciences Health System consist...
Bellin Health SystemGreen Bay, WI Bellin Health System is a nonprofit integrated health care del...
Sentara HealthcareNorfolk, VA Sentara Healthcare is a nonprofit health care system headquartered...
Saint Elizabeth’s Medical CenterWabasha, MN25 Beds Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center, part of Min...
Howard University HospitalWashington, DC266 Beds Howard University Hospital is a private, nonpro...
Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...
The Florida Hospital Association is proud to recognize the 2012 Celebration of Achievement in Qua...
UNC Hospitals is committed to providing a patient-centered care environment. A team of leaders is...
A strong collaboration among senior leadership, governance and the medical staff at Meriter Hospi...
Mayo Clinic has four operating unites to create new tools, processes and businesses. The Division...
Partner's created the Center for Connected Health to promote technology-enabled innovations in te...
After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...