Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, N.Y., focused on educating patients with chronic co...

Lake Placid and Tupper Lake, nursing homes that are part of Adirondack Health, Saranac Lake, N.Y....

Based on the consultant’s recommendations, Lee Memorial’s (Fort Myers, Fla.) senior management de...

Project Brotherhood is dedicated to helping Greater New Haven-area men make the healthy lifestyle...

The Muskegon Community Health Project, in partnership with Mercy Health Partners, is an inclusive...

The heart failure program began in 1995. The hospital developed a multidisciplinary heart failure...

The hospital recognized an urgent need to improve the current rate of colorectal cancer screening...

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...

Children with cystic fibrosis have better lung function and survival rates if their body mass ind...

The Human Services Alliance of Beaufort County is one of the oldest coalitions for health improve...

The Road to Better Health Spartanburg has proven that working collectively and in partnership wit...

Truven Health Analytics discusses key areas of focus for hospitals and care systems that want to ...

What is it? Now in its third year, Camp Med is a three-day, hands-on experience at the hospital t...

In August 2014, Campbell County Health became the first health care facility in Wyoming to be app...

Excellent patient-centered care is the goal of a program implemented by the team at McDonough Dis...

Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, worked to create a highly reliable system for follow up ...

Norwegian American Hospital, Chicago, improved both influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates ...

Albany Medical Center developed the Child Advocacy Resident Education program that aims to improv...

Montefiore Medical Center's School Health Program is the largest and most comprehensive school-ba...

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

Care for people with multiple chronic health conditions is often fragmented, resulting in increas...

Using a Community Needs Assessment, Morris Hospital, which serves 18 rural communities, identifie...

Three patient navigators are used to advocate on behalf of women with abnormal breast findings on...

After identifying inequities with affordable access to primary care services and an uncoordinated...

St. Joseph Regional Health Center went on a Lean journey to not only save money, but improve the ...

Healthy Communities of Clinton County Coalition Two teams of community members--a coalition of h...

Fletcher Allen Health Care's  Community Benefit CommitteeBurlington, VT About the Initiative:In ...

This report highlights nearly 80 evidence-based disease and injury prevention programs. These pro...

Newark Department of Child and Family Well-BeingNewark NJ The Problem In 2003, The Newark (N.J.)...

The report describes the journeys of four care systems as they are transforming into accountable ...

The case study addresses a hospital-based tobacco cessation initiative that serves patients regar...

New Ulm Medical CenterNew Ulm, MN45 Beds The Problem New Ulm Medical Center, a critical access h...

Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health CenterWindsor, VT60 Beds The Problem Mt. Ascutney Hospital and ...

Yuma District HospitalYuma, CO12 Beds The Problem Yuma District Hospital, located in Yuma, Color...

Cheyenne Regional Medical CenterCheyenne, WY222 Beds The Problem Cheyenne Regional Medical Cente...

In 2008, Ellis Hospital launched a medical home at its Ellis Health Center campus. This initiativ...

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center and Cheyenne Health and Wellness Center partner on several initi...

Chambers County was designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration as one of the ...

Davis Health System is a health care network that includes 90-bed Davis Memorial Hospital, 12-bed...

Concord (N.H.) Hospital • 230-bed regional medical center • 17,194 admissions • 295 medical staff...

ProMedica’s (NW Ohio and SE Michigan) mission is to improve the health and well-being of the peop...

The goal was to eliminate all variances in the clinical process measures to ensure that patients ...

 HPOE is pleased to highlight case studies from the Illinois Hospital Association’s Institute f...

The hospital developed a comprehensive, multidisciplinary stroke program to provide patients with...

The treatment of asthma requires cultural and linguistic sensitivity. Ideal treatment options req...

To help those with reading and language challenges, UVA Health System staff developed a curriculu...

The Illinois Department of Public Health, Center for Minority Services is using mobile messaging ...

Good patient/provider communication correlates with greater patient satisfaction, increased patie...

The Tool for Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments program seeks to enable raising com...