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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
In 2005, the University of Washington School of Medicine was awarded a grant from the National In...
This case study describes an evidence-based residency program that applies to an international au...
The use of cross-cultural diversity forum isexamined. The forums use technology and tools to brin...
According to the Pew research center, 74 percent of all adults in the United States use the Inte...
Since 2011, a series of narrated video slideshow presentations has been under development at Har...
The Tool for Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments program seeks to enable raising com...
The ADA committee at the Kaiser Woodland Hills facility was started in 2010 in an effort to compl...
This case study looks at he Joint Commission's recommendation related to culturally and linguisti...
Little is known about the unique health needs and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans...
The University of Connecticut's community-based education program collaborated with community par...
Kaiser Permanente, as an integrated health care delivery system, has made significant progress to...
n 2008, Barnes-Jewish Hospital center for diversity and cultural competence developed an 18-hourc...
Project Perlas is a community-based participatory research project addressing disparities in mamm...
Today health disparities remain a constant challenge for immigrants, refugees and displaced popul...
This case study explores the process of accessing health care from the perspective of the immigra...
Many immigrant parents rely on their children to help them communicate as ad hoc interpreters in ...
There is often a lack of coordination among the various health and social systems that provide in...
Neighborhood and environment are important determinants of health in addition to individual chara...
Approximately 24 million people--8.5 percent of the U.S. population--are defined as having Limite...
Transforming organizations, such as academic health centers or teaching hospitals, toward creatin...
Examples of and the rationale for strategies used to foster critical consciousness in the work of...
As the United States becomes increasingly diverse and as individuals choose to be more acculturat...
After identification of an opportunity to reduce CAUTIs, leadership headed an initiative to reduc...
Harm/hospital-acquired condition reports were sent to each hospital. In reviewing both campuses, ...
To reduce the time to first dose of antibiotics to directly admitted pediatric oncology patients ...
The critical care unit identified VAP as an area for improvement, with three VAPs from May-July 2...
Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...
The medical center’s mission was to reduce the C. difficile rate from 26.7 cases per 10,000 patie...
A team was created to ensure that all patients regardless of race, ethnicity, language, disabilit...
An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...
Development of a Norwood Clinic allowed the quality improvement team to create goals to decrease ...
The glycemic collaborative is an ongoing, multidisciplinary initiative developed to improve blood...
The program director created the Individuals Combining Activity and Nutrition (ICAN) pilot progra...
Platte County holds free birthing classes for expectant parents three times per year in January, ...
Healthy Woman is a community that empowers women with the confidence to make informed health care...
The Sharps Disposal Program offers a safe way for diabetics or anyone using medical sharps to dis...
St. John?s Institute for Cognitive Health and the University of Utah Center for Alzheimer?s Care,...
he camp, a collaboration with Area Health Education Center (AHEC) and the University of Wyoming C...
Griffin HospitalDerby, CT160 Beds Griffin Hospital is the flagship hospital for Planetree, Inc.,...
Kaiser PermanenteOakland, CAKaiser Permanente is a health care provider and nonprofit health plan...
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH577 Beds Cincinnati Children’s Hospit...
Helen DeVos Children’s HospitalGrand Rapids, MI212 Beds Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital examined...
Atlantic Health SystemNew Jersey1,308 Beds Atlantic Health System owns and operates Morristown M...
Howard University HospitalWashington, DC266 Beds Howard University Hospital is a private, nonpro...
Ryhov HospitalJönköping, Sweden Ryhov Hospital is a county hospital in Jönköping, Sweden, with a...
Among California's African American, Native American, Latino and Hmong populations, a diagnosis o...
The vascular access team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta embraced a multidisciplinary approac...
The Florida Hospital Association is proud to recognize the 2012 Celebration of Achievement in Qua...
University Hospitals Case Medical Center has undergone a decade-long cultural transformation to a...
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center strives to provide competent, culturally sensitive, high...