Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Howard University HospitalWashington, DC266 Beds Howard University Hospital is a private, nonpro...

Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders were at a higher risk of po...

This report identifies steps that policy, public health and community stakeholders can take to pr...

The conclusion of H&HN's yearlong series on hospital, community and national efforts to identify ...

This articles argues that now is the time to integrate public health and primary care in a way th...

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

A central goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is to significantly reduce the n...

The Affordable Care Act and state Medicaid reform efforts present opportunities to reengineer hea...

 For baby boomers, the peak interest in health issues comes at about age 51, with a second peak c...

While there is broad agreement on the general concepts defining patient-centered medical homes, l...

Efforts to improve U.S. health care must include payment reforms that encourage greater efficienc...

Health care reform presents academic health centers with an opportunity to test new systems of ca...

The implementation of accountable care organizations, a new health care payment and delivery mode...

This cross-site comparison of the early experience of four provider organizations participating i...

The Florida Hospital Association is proud to recognize the 2012 Celebration of Achievement in Qua...

When patients are given decision aids, such as educational booklets, DVDs, or interactive tools, ...

SHCA is a not-for-profit health care organization dedicated to serving those who advocate in the ...

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

Diabetes is among the ten leading causes of death in both white and African American patients, bu...

Accelerating Care Integration Lack of care coordination and integration was identified as a majo...

Focusing on patient education and collaboration with physicians and the hospital, Gundersen Luthe...

The AHA is dedicated to highlighting the good work that America's hospitals are doing to care and...

Patients hospitalized for tobacco-related illnesses may be the most motivated to quit using tobac...

The Health Disparities Cancer Collaborative implemented six components of the chronic care model ...

This commentary was written by  Daren R. Anderson, MD, vice president and chief quality officer, ...

This article discusses how clinically at-risk and socially disadvantaged populations may not be f...

Studies suggest that the presence of multiple chronic conditions (MCC) adds a layer of complexity...

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in American men, after skin cancer. According to...

Engaging and training diabetes patients is helping to change and save lives. Here's how: Rowan Re...

Fully two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. One-third of American children are overwei...

Fairfield Memorial Hospital identified the need to improve the patient experience in the emergenc...

Rush-Copley Medical Center collaborated with the Kane County Health Department after an outbreak ...

This webinar highlighted the essential elements within care coordination strategies for the dual ...

This paper explores the current landscape of patient-centered medical home services for patients ...

This paper examines successful approaches to delivering mental health treatment in primary care a...

This brief describes how decisionmakers can encourage a model of care that truly reflects the nee...

This guide provides techniques, case studies and guiding principles from various fields of expert...

Teamwork benefits seniors, too. A partnership between Wishard Health Services?a large safety net ...

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

The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

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

At Mountainside Residential Care Center's resident council, residents requested an improved dinin...

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Family Medicine Department made a commitment to improve the quality ...

Adventist HealthCareRockville, Maryland1,045 Beds The Problem Adventist HealthCare created the C...

Barnes-Jewish HospitalSt. Louis, MO1,305 Beds The Problem Barnes-Jewish Hospital created the Cen...

Market forces are driving renewed interest in integration that may result in changes in the owner...

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

Wishard Health ServicesIndianapolis, IN293 Beds  The Problem Geriatric Resources for Assessment ...

SSM Saint Mary’s Medical CenterSaint Louis, MO 374 Beds The Problem Better Outcomes for Older Ad...

AtlantiCareAtlantic City, NJ538 Beds The Problem The Special Care Center is a primary care cente...

Montefiore Medical CenterBronx, NY1,418 Beds The Problem Montefiore Medical Center is a large, a...

This article discusses the socioeconomic factors necessary for health in a community. The author ...

This report discusses the necessity of health information technology to effectively and systemati...

Carolinas HealthCare System, based in Charlotte, N.C., is partnering with 12 YMCA branches "to cr...

Steve Riney, Chief Information Officer at Methodist Medical Center of Illinois in Peoria, talks t...

Treating U.S. veterans with mental illness and substance use disorders is more expensive than car...

The Affordable Care Act includes several provisions designed to encourage greater coordination an...

In the United States, there has been a growing health care divide between vulnerable populations ...

This white paper introduces an overall approach and tools designed to support two processes: the ...

The business adage "what gets measured gets managed" applies in health care. Two projects focus o...

n response to growing interest from the hospital community in better understanding and improving ...

This article proposes an examination of health disparities through the lens of public health to p...

This article describes the development of the regional health collaborative, a population-based h...

This brief, based on site visits from Nov. 2009 through March 2010, highlights care coordination ...

This website gives history and information to patients, providers, payers of western New York sta...

A report released jointly by AARP's Public Policy Institute, The Commonwealth Fund and The SCAN F...

This report summarizes the results of that survey, which indicated that overall influenza vaccina...

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

This report discussses the Center for Disease Control's involvement with Prevention Research Cent...

This article presents four case studies of effective community and academic partnership that impr...

The Urgency of Health System Reforms to Ensure Respect for Patients'  Wishes and Accou...

After defining patient-centered medical homes, this report discusses particular opportunities and...

The Problem Almost 20 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are readmitted to the hospital within 30...

Mercy has participated in developing a network of health care providers and community agencies to...

The Lourdes Center for Public Health works collaboratively with academic and community partners t...