Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

A new member of the health care team is helping to improve clinical outcomes and patient experien...

Redefine. Partner. Integrate. Experiment. Specialize. Many hospitals and care systems are embarki...

Four generations are working side by side in hospitals and care systems today. Atlantic Health Sy...

The United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration office released...

The 2014 AHA Chair-elect Jonathan  Perlin, MD, co-authored this paper and companion financial mod...

The Community Health Systems Development Team at the Georgia Health Policy Center has developed a...

Generational differences—one factor of diversity—are changing workforce dynamics. Traditionalists...

Pinnacle Health System Harrisburg, PA599 Beds The Problem Health systems are no longer simply as...

Results from an Association for Community Health Improvement and American Hospital Association Su...

If you build a community of care, people will come. It happened when Middlesex Hospital, in Middl...

If you build a community of care, people will come. It happened when Middlesex Hospital, in Middl...

Reducing health care disparities is a growing national priority and state hospital associations a...

This article discusses opportunities for health care providers to leverage Affordable Care Act re...

This article discusses how using health adjusted life expectacy could bridge the gap between clin...

This article discusses the importance of a holistic approach to community development in order to...

October 6 – 12 is Mental Health Awareness Week. According to estimates, in the United States each...

October 6 – 12 is Mental Health Awareness Week. According to estimates, in the United States each...

This report discusses the importance of health in all policies, an approach to improving health b...

After a decade of war and an unprecedented number of combat deployments, our service members, vet...

The Collaborative on Reducing Hospital Readmissions GoalUnderstand readmission causes and adopt ...

Southeastern Health, Lumberton, N.C. 452 beds 16,000 impatient admissions 76,000 emergency d...

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (Glendale, Wis.) 11 hospitals, 70 clinic sites, three long-term ...

This guide includes two sections that address collection and use of patient race, ethnicity and l...

This annual survey of employers provides a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health c...

Newark Department of Child and Family Well-BeingNewark NJ The Problem In 2003, The Newark (N.J.)...

This articles explores how HealthPartners decided to target nonclinical determinants of populatio...

This toolkit provides a framework for creating interventions that promote the Healthy People 2020...

This article aims to define the term "healthy communities" based on existing literature on the to...

Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the flagship publication of the AHA, has put together a web...

In California, about 16 percent of the adult population, more than 4 million people, have mental ...

How do you successfully integrate behavioral health and primary care? A recent HPOE webinar highl...

This report from the Department of Health and Human Services describes a plan to bolster implemen...

This article discusses how six organizations in Oakland, Calif., used a health impact assessment ...

There is a growing need to improve health care, especially at the interface between general medic...

Everyone is talking “population health management,” and many health care organizations are succes...

Cultural competency in health care describes the ability of systems to provide care to patients w...

Here’s a disheartening statistic from the National Cancer Institute: in the United States, white ...

Here's a disheartening statistic from the National Cancer Institute: in the United States, white ...

Being accessible only by airplane or boat adds to the scenic character of Wrangell, Alaska (popul...

No single organization can effectively address complex community health issues such as access to ...

To become an effective population health manager, a hospital must create effective partnerships. ...

June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...

June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...

Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health CenterWindsor, VT60 Beds The Problem Mt. Ascutney Hospital and ...

This report indentifies and explains guiding principles to inform the implementation ofCommunity ...

Children diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavior disorders need q...

In 2008, Ellis Hospital launched a medical home at its Ellis Health Center campus. This initiativ...

Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital and Northern Counties Health Care, Inc.,  have had a long-...

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center and Cheyenne Health and Wellness Center partner on several initi...

Patients may be Christian, Jew, Muslim or of any other religious expression—at Lutheran Medical C...