The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...

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To align the hospital ministry with the needs of the community and to reduce avoidable health car...

June 2nd, 2015
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St. John's implemented a web-based business intelligence platform that integrates physician quali...

May 28th, 2015
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Project Brotherhood is dedicated to helping Greater New Haven-area men make the healthy lifestyle...

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 Hospital leaders struggle to provide effective care coordination to vulnerable populations. In 2...

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April is National Minority Health Month. In 2011, the AHA and four partners formed Equity of Care...

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An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

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Delivering the right care, at the right time, in the right place. That focus is the strategy for ...

March 23rd, 2015

Hospitals and care systems are uniquely positioned to play an integral role preventing violence i...

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Garfield Medical Center, a 210-bed facility in Monterey, California, used best practices and peer...

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This toolkit is a user-friendly “how-to” guide to help accelerate the elimination of health care ...

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U.S. hospitals aree xploring what it means to be a hospital in a rapidly transforming health care...

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By focusing on preventive care and health promotion, hospitals are catalyzing change in their com...

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Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalb, Ill., created a total knee and hip joint replacement center of excel...

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Most hospitals collect race, ethnicity and language data, but a smaller percentage use the data i...

December 17th, 2014
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Founded in 1912, MedStar St. Mary's Hospital serves the people of St. Mary's County, Maryland. A ...

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Change can be uncomfortable. But no matter how sophisticated, hospitals and health care systems n...

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This handy visual aid illustrates the main points from "2013 Diversity and Disparities: A Benchma...

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Lean Six Sigma tools were used to reduce pressure ulcers at Memorial Health System, Springfield, ...

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Hospital-based Strategies for Creating a Culture of Health provides background on the Robert Wood...

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