Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

HRET and the Commonwealth Fund reviewed research findings regarding the characteristics and proce...

As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced...

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

Evidence-based practice is an essential requirement of professional health care providers. Rural ...

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

Baylor Health Care SystemDallas, TX3,653 Beds The Problem The Baylor Health Care System Office o...

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...

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

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 discusses the strenghts of community disease prevention offers and presents a framewo...

The National Committee for Quality Assurance starts an accountable care organization accreditati...

An international survey of adults living with health problems and complex care needs found that p...

A Pittsburgh-based wellness program enlists entire communities to promote wellness for children.

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...

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

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

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

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

The inaugural report of the AHA Committee on Performance Improvement details “Hospitals and Care ...

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

The latest Alliance issue brief reports on how collaboratives are working at the local level to i...

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

This guide was created to share best practices and key lessons from innovative organizations on a...

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...

Extending services beyond the hospital walls to its most vulnerable patients?that is the goal of ...

The Problem Progress West didn't so much have a problem but an opportunity. By opening a new hos...

The Problem According to the American Heart Association, heart failure affects about 5.7 million...

These programs take health education, information and related services directly to community memb...

W hat is patient- and family-centered care? Why does it matter? How does it fit with a hospital's...

This article discusses strategies to maximize improvement in overall population health and sugges...

This article argues that policy actions must focus on income security, education, housing, food s...