Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Kaiser maintains a number of operating units to identify and test innovations. The Center for Tot...

As part of Franciscan St. James Health's commitment to improve the surgery processes, the hospita...

The Joint Academy is a multidisciplinary team approach that begins in the community with orthoped...

South Nassau Communities Hospital initiated the "Knot So Fast" project to promote a safe and effi...

Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...

For the past three years, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center has been develop...

Traditionally, primary care physicians maintain chief responsibility for treating their criticall...

In 2006, Southampton Hospital's department of nursing conducted a needs assessment focusing on th...

Coney Island Hospital developed a crisis prevention, early intervention, and response team known ...

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

The goal of this initiative was to improve patient flow, outcomes, and experience, as well as com...

AIM focuses care on people with advanced illness, which often involves more than one chronic diag...

The Respecting Choices' advance care planning program, developed in La Crosse, Wisconsin, is a mu...

In 2006, Ascension Health, the nation's largest Catholic and nonprofit health care system, chose ...

Johns Hopkins Health SystemBaltimore, MD912 Beds  The Problem Hopkins ElderPlus is the Programs ...

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...

Aurora Health CareMilwaukee, WI The Problem Aurora Health Care is a nonprofit, integrated delive...

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

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

The SUNY Downsstate Medical Center kidney transplant team identified an increase in the differenc...

The ProblemFlowers wanted to improve its performance on the 28 quality measures that are featured...

The Problem The Pitt Country Memorial Hospital leadership team decided to reduce surgical compli...

The Problem The women and infants department's lean journey began in early 2006 when a local hos...