Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Hypertension—the silent killer—impacts more than one in three Americans and is a leading cause of...

During the 2013-14 influenza season, an emergency preparedness mass influenza vaccination drill w...

The Healthy You program was designed to enhance whole person health of the hospital's team member...

Patients are often poorly prepared to manage acute and chronic conditions following their dischar...

Utilization of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Outcomes Improvements, 30-Day Readmissions and Morta...

Successful implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention protocol demonstrated a 50 percent...

During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....

Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

GOAL: Eliminate early elective deliveries This case study is part of the Illinois Hospital Associ...

Within the organization over the last year, a new division of four hospitals was created, with th...

The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...

During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....

Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

GOAL: Eliminate early elective deliveries

Within the organization over the last year, a new division of four hospitals was created, with th...

The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...

Antibiotic stewardship was implemented in 2011 and focuses on five "D's": Drug, De-escalation of ...

The goal was to reduce the delay in patient care by reducing patient wait times, both from reques...

The pediatric team at this hospital recognized the need to improve processes surrounding care of ...

The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...