Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

This study advocates for a highly structured electronic health record with real-time alerts and d...

Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...

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

After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

A Lean project to address why physicians were not receiving lab results in a timely manner was im...

This Lean project focused on improving processes in central sterile processing. All processes for...

Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...

A multidisciplinary perioperative safety team was formed focused on improving perioperative asses...

Obstructive sleep apnea is an often unrecognized contributing cause for respiratory failure in ho...

The OSF cardiac service line implemented a STEMI Improvement project to identify obstacles that c...

Resurrection Medical Center had a percutaneous coronary intervention within 90 minutes compliance...

The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...

Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...

The results from a 32-month long national collaborative, Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac...

This statistic may surprise you: Mental health conditions and mood disorders including depression...

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

Transitioning to the new coding system is a mammoth undertaking, one that requires not just signi...

In this study of 1,421 employees, we examined how different presentations of information affect t...

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

Achieving health care equity and eliminating health care disparities are a top goal of hospitals ...

At the end of the second quarter of 2010, The Brooklyn Hospital Center identified that only four ...

Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

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

Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...

The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...

Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...

In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...

As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...

For more than ten years, St. Elizabeth Medical Center has focused on length of stay and resource ...

Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...

In November 2009, a group of 12 representatives from various areas within Rochester General Healt...

Falls increased in Thompson Health's inpatient areas in 2009 and 2010, and the number of falls wa...

In 2005, Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center's leadership directed implementation of ...

South Nassau Communities Hospital's goal for this initiative was to ensure rapid identification o...

Anticoagulants have been identified as one of the top five medication classes associated with pat...

Improving patient flow throughout the Bon Secours Charity Health System is critical to patient sa...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' inpatient quality reporting program includes appr...

In March 2009, after assessing staff's knowledge about fire prevention and safety, St. Mary's Hos...

University HospitalsCleveland, OH1,032 Beds The Problem To address the changing demographics of ...

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

Saving lives and promoting community health certainly are commendable undertakings. To fully real...

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

Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...

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

This article discusses the imperitive to invest in community development as a means to improve po...

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

This report provides a guide to conducting health impact assessments. It stresses the importance ...

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

In the fall of 2008, perioperative leaders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., conduc...

Frequently Asked Questions regarding implementation of the market reform provisions of the Affor...

While any restructuring of the payment system will create incentives that alter providers' behavi...

This certified CME/CE activity focuses on caring for patients with chronic pain in the hospital ...

This certified CME/CE series is designed to heighten the awareness of and adherence to evidence-b...

This certified CME/CE activity addresses professional practice gaps in the optimal care of chroni...

CMS issued a final rule with comment period that updates payment policies and rates for physician...

Payers are considering bundled payments for inpatient surgery, combining provider reimbursements ...

One of the leading alternative payment models proposed in the Affordable Care Act of 2010 is bund...

The paper makes recommendations for enhancing QI efforts in health care, including providing stro...

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

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

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

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Steering Committee for the Prevention of H...

The rate of "mortality amenable to health care" that is--deaths that are considered preventable w...

The guide is a resource for those interested or already engaged in quality improvement initiative...

This article discusses the evidence base behind population health management and explores the fut...

Duplicate medication order errors increased with CPOE and CDS implementation. Many work system fa...

As America's hospitals and health systems are transforming care, hospitals are facing challenges ...

The report provides a scientific base and practical guidance fo rengaging public health professio...

This 46-page document reviews the history of Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives and consi...

An NQF endorsement reflects rigorous scientific and evidence-based review, input from patients an...

This paper discusses how new technologies can be applied to improve the health of populations and...

At the 7th Biennial Joanna Briggs International Colloquium in Chicago this fall, Kathi Patterson,...