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Hospitals and health systems recognized for excellence in health care equity are sharing their wo...
The AHA/HRET HEN project ended in December 2014, but quality improvement work continues at hospit...
Partnering in 2014, the AHA Committee on Research and AHA Committee on Performance Improvement fo...
By focusing on preventive care and health promotion, hospitals are catalyzing change in their com...
University Hospitals, Cleveland, is advancing multiple care equity initiatives. The over 2,000-be...
Change can be uncomfortable. But no matter how sophisticated, hospitals and health care systems n...
Building a culture that is inclusive and founded on principles of diversity was a “key destinatio...
Identifying solutions to reduce hospital-acquired conditions. Working to spread this knowledge to...
Community members are integral partners at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania, helping ...
Preventing falls has been in the news recently, and with good reason: Among older adults, falls a...
How is your hospital building a culture of health in the community? That is, a culture in which a...
How is your hospital building a culture of health in the community? That is, a culture in which a...
Diversity has become a core value at U.S. hospitals. Meridian Health, a not-for-profit health car...
Making incremental changes and collaborating with area hospitals and community organizations have...
Nearly 1,500 U.S. hospitals are working to eliminate patient harm and reduce hospital readmission...
The answer is HPOE.org. The question: Where do hospital and care system leaders find resources an...
Trustees, senior leaders and quality chairs play a pivotal role as their hospitals and health car...
Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviat...
Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviat...
“Once a patient believes that you [the provider] understand them, we think the healing begins,” s...
Three Illinois hospitals received recognition for “delivering quality with distinction” by the Il...
Engaging patients and families in health care can help hospitals achieve the Triple Aim: better c...
Managing population health, financial planning for value-based care and payment, and leading impr...
It is estimated that 25 percent of falls by hospital patients are preventable. Saint Alphonsus Re...
A national leader in health care equity, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has developed s...
Small tests of change can give hospitals momentum and show early progress in improvement projects...
Improving patient safety, leading multiple improvement efforts and moving to value-based care: Th...
Whether cheering for soccer, tennis, baseball, softball or another sport, fans no doubt have witn...
Whether cheering for soccer, tennis, baseball, softball or another sport, fans no doubt have witn...
Here’s the promising news: About 95 percent of hospitals and health care systems collect data on ...
Improving population health is a must-do strategy in transforming health care delivery. Yale New ...
Hospitals and health care systems can support their missions and also many additional benefits by...
Transition coaches may be the “glue” between hospital visits and primary care. So says Julie Cann...
Transition coaches may be the “glue” between hospital visits and primary care. So says Julie Cann...
Improving care after discharge translates to decreased readmissions. Marshall Medical Center, a 1...
National Hospital Week celebrates the men and women working in U.S. hospitals and care systems wh...
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...
More than 20 hospitals came together with community organizations in the Cincinnati area to provi...
The “second curve” of population health involves an integrated approach to improving patient and ...
The health care field leaves a large environmental footprint, but hospitals and health care syste...
The winds of change in health care are swirling around us: shifting patient and workforce demogra...
Rooftop gardens are flourishing atop more and more hospitals. On unused roof space at Castle Medi...
One in four Americans experiences a behavioral health illness or substance abuse disorder each ye...
Providing world-class quality health care may seem an audacious goal for a small or rural hospita...
The National Patient Safety Foundation leads Patient Safety Awareness Week in early March to prom...
The statistics are staggering: The number of Americans diagnosed with diabetes has risen from 1.5...
A new member of the health care team is helping to improve clinical outcomes and patient experien...
Redefine. Partner. Integrate. Experiment. Specialize. Many hospitals and care systems are embarki...
Four generations are working side by side in hospitals and care systems today. Atlantic Health Sy...
In 2005, Guernsey County in rural Ohio had the state’s second worst late-stage colon cancer rates...
Never underestimate the power of data. Hannibal (Mo.) Regional Hospital focused on collecting and...
Preventing hospital-acquired infections, reducing surgical complications and reducing readmission...
The path to eliminating disparities in health care has a few roadblocks: limited resources and ac...
A “simple” complex plan is reducing readmissions at Wythe County Community Hospital, a 100-bed fa...
If you build a community of care, people will come. It happened when Middlesex Hospital, in Middl...
If you build a community of care, people will come. It happened when Middlesex Hospital, in Middl...
After more than a decade of war, many U.S. military service members have experienced an unprecede...
Eliminating hospital-acquired infections, preventing patient falls, reducing preventable readmiss...
Eliminating hospital-acquired infections, preventing patient falls, reducing preventable readmiss...
Every October pink appears on everything from ribbons to football helmets and even illuminates th...
Teamwork between infection control and environmental services professionals at Hunterdon Medical ...
Focusing on strategies to improve quality and achieve health care equity is a growing national pr...
October 6 – 12 is Mental Health Awareness Week. According to estimates, in the United States each...
October 6 – 12 is Mental Health Awareness Week. According to estimates, in the United States each...
Patients are becoming empowered. As health care consumers, they are reviewing publicly available ...
Learn from the best of the best. The 2013 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® recipients will s...
At North Shore-LIJ Health System, teamwork is everywhere. This New York health system uses TeamST...
Zero is an important number at Broward Health North. The 409-bed community hospital in Deerfield ...
A summer internship program growing in Brooklyn is introducing minority high school students to c...
A summer internship program growing in Brooklyn is introducing minority high school students to c...
The nation’s health care system is undergoing dramatic change as the country shifts to a value-ba...
In July 2013, the AHA released another collection of action-oriented resources that can help hosp...
It is both “a sprint and a marathon.” That’s how a team at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor...
It is both a sprint and a marathon.” That's how a team at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor,...
Only a small percentage of patients develop a health care-associated infection after surgery, and...
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...
The aviation industry has successfully used checklists to ensure safe air travel for passengers a...
Everyone is talking “population health management,” and many health care organizations are succes...
Here’s a disheartening statistic from the National Cancer Institute: in the United States, white ...
Here's a disheartening statistic from the National Cancer Institute: in the United States, white ...
Being accessible only by airplane or boat adds to the scenic character of Wrangell, Alaska (popul...
June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...
June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...
Children diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavior disorders need q...
Patients may be Christian, Jew, Muslim or of any other religious expression—at Lutheran Medical C...
Think of all the instruments, equipment and furniture in a hospital operating room. Any of these ...
Improving discharge can reap multiple benefits for patients and providers, including reducing rea...
Improving discharge can reap multiple benefits for patients and providers, including reducing rea...
Telepsychiatry is playing a pivotal role in providing timely care to hospitalized mental health p...
More than 64 million surgeries are performed annually in the United States. Preventing surgical s...
Ensuring the highest quality for patient care means continuously reviewing processes and outcomes...
Patients admitted to a hospital for one condition—congestive heart failure, for example—are typic...
April is National Minority Health Month. Launched in April 2001 by the National Minority Health F...
The chair files highlight stories of hospitals and health systems that are implementing innovativ...
The Backyard Initiative at Allina Health, based in Minnesota, is truly taking care beyond hospita...
Effective care transitions programs can do more than improve patient care: patients learn to mana...
A commitment to diversity came first. That was followed by specific action projects to increase d...
A commitment to diversity came first. That was followed by specific action projects to increase d...
