Overcoming transition challenges requires tenacity and teamwork. During a time of transition befo...

September 12th, 2011
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Changing demographics continue to fuel the growth of cultural diversity in Northeast Ohio. In tur...

August 22nd, 2011
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Electronic health records may create less paperwork, but documentation can still be time-consumin...

June 20th, 2011
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Listening to patients and the community can spark change. The Lehigh Valley Health Network, in ea...

May 23rd, 2011
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"Navigating the rising tide of HACs" is what Baystate Medical Center (BMC) calls this project. A ...

April 18th, 2011
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Salt and a jar of pickles: That's what one HealthEast (St. Paul, Minn.) transition coach found in...

April 11th, 2011
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Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii, used "a novel approach" to ...

March 21st, 2011
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The journey from good to great for Good Samaritan Hospital of Baltimore started with differentiat...

January 10th, 2011
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At the AHA/Health Forum Leadership Summit in July, David Pryor, M.D., chief medical officer for S...

November 1st, 2010
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When an employee found directions in her hospital?s emergency department?with directions to other...

October 18th, 2010
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Quality improvement and transparency go hand in hand, David Ballard, M.D., senior vice president ...

October 11th, 2010
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Joseph Betancourt, M.D., director of multicultural education for Massachusetts General Hospital i...

September 20th, 2010
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Alegent Health, a 10-hospital system based in Nebraska and Southwestern Iowa, wanted an electroni...

September 13th, 2010
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The medical standard for timely angioplasty was 90 minutes door to balloon.  The average for Lehi...

August 30th, 2010
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The medical standard for timely angioplasty was 90 minutes door to balloon.  The average for Lehi...

August 30th, 2010
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Senior leaders at Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, knew the system's community-acq...

August 23rd, 2010
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Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed i...

August 16th, 2010
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Seamless, effective patient handoffs are a critical piece of any hospital?s patient safety framew...

July 19th, 2010
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Moving from a paper world to an electronic one is an "evolution," says Marcy Stoots, RN, director...

June 21st, 2010
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For executive leaders at Catholic Healthcare Partners, Cincinnati, patient safety is an issue to ...

May 24th, 2010
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Reducing preventable harm by half is a lofty goal for any hospital, let alone a large, integrated...

May 10th, 2010
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Reducing preventable harm by half is a lofty goal for any hospital, let alone a large, integrated...

May 10th, 2010
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When Katherine Herrmann, the clinical quality facilitator at Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, w...

May 3rd, 2010
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Reducing patient readmissions is both a critical patient safety need and a growing financial conc...

April 5th, 2010
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When the H1N1 flu virus emerged in the spring of 2009, U.S. hospitals were challenged by crowded ...

March 30th, 2010
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The 3,500 employees of Eastern (Bangor) Maine Medical Center are role models for other employees ...

March 8th, 2010
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After attending a 2005 conference on trauma-informed care, two nurses at Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospi...

February 22nd, 2010
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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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When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...

January 25th, 2010
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When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...

January 25th, 2010
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The Problem Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem nationwide, caused, in part, by injudi...

August 1st, 2009
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