Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

This commentary presents a model developed to explore how health information technology affects c...

This study used written portfolios to capture reflective learning that trainees described about t...

The Minnesota Hospital Association's SAFE SKIN program provides hospital leaders with resources o...

In the fall of 2008, perioperative leaders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., conduc...

In the wake of more widespread use of health IT, the Department of Health and Human Services aske...

Careful planning and multidisciplinary teamwork were keys for Bethesda Hospital, a 140-bed long-t...

The Affordable Care Act includes several provisions designed to encourage greater coordination an...

A controversial safety intervention, rapid response systems (RRS) do not appear to improve clinic...

The new Multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide released by WHO Patient Safety in Octo...

The business adage "what gets measured gets managed" applies in health care. Two projects focus o...

Could changing the staffing model in the intensive care unit reduce patients' risk of dying?Accor...

Statistics fans, check out these numbers: Staff at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) has...

The Joint Commission's 2011 National Patient Safety Goals.

An integrated approach to project design drove breakthrough improvement in operating results at S...

Front-line nurses led the way in a medication safety initiative at Stanford Hospital & Clinics, S...

Rethinking a registration process kept its meds system in compliance. St. James Hospital and Heal...

March 6-12 is designated as National Patient Safety Awareness Week...and we know that America's h...

At the 7th Biennial Joanna Briggs International Colloquium in Chicago, Nancy Donaldson, R.N., dir...

At the AHA/Health Forum Leadership Summit in July, David Pryor, M.D., chief medical officer for S...

For executive leaders at Catholic Healthcare Partners, Cincinnati, patient safety is an issue to ...