Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Communication breakdowns continue to be a leading cause of medical errors. Staff at Butler County...

An annual list of the top 100 hospitals in the United States.

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

The authors found little evidence that participation in the Premier HQID program led to lower 30-...

Adoption of rapid response teams has grown dramatically in hospital settings. Despite limited evi...

An Evidence-informed Case Rate is a budget for a comprehensive episode of medical care within a d...

This online executive dialogue explores CPOE implementation. Expert CIOs and CMIOs share their ex...

Transitioning to the new coding system is a mammoth undertaking, one that requires not just signi...

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

This commentary describes a template to standardize handoff education to drive safety improvement.

My goal in this article is to use the laws of physics to help readers think in new ways about sha...

According to a recent Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society survey, 41 percent of...

Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...

Multidisciplinary rounding (MDR) is a model of care in which multiple members of the care deliver...

The Brooklyn Hospital Center formed a multidisciplinary rapid response team in 2009 to respond to...

Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

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

Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...

With unique culture trends and stringent regulatory obligations, patient care units are often cha...

Continuum Health Partners'  pay-for performance program (P4P) is designed to partner with physici...

The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...

Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...

For 18 months, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center implemented several interve...

Although electronic reporting systems for near misses and adverse events have been implemented na...

For the past three years, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center has been develop...

As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...

For more than ten years, St. Elizabeth Medical Center has focused on length of stay and resource ...

This project was initiated by David Lyons, Director of Respiratory Therapy at St. Francis Hospita...

Strong Memorial Hospital adopted barcode medication administration technology to reduce the incid...

Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...

In November 2009, a group of 12 representatives from various areas within Rochester General Healt...

In response to an increase in fall-related injuries in its skilled nursing facility, Champlain Va...

Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center created the hospital point of dispensing (HPOD) t...

NuHealth Nassau University Medical Center identified central line-associated blood stream infecti...

Rochester General Hospital formed a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement actions that ...

St. Joseph's Hospital of Elmira implemented a comprehensive antibiotic usage program beginning Ma...

Improving patient flow throughout the Bon Secours Charity Health System is critical to patient sa...

Overcrowding and bottlenecks with patient flow plague hospitals and emergency rooms across the co...

In 2008, a project was underway to renovate Southampton Hospital's emergency department (upgradin...

In 2010, Southampton Hospital discovered that its process for checking and maintaining equipment/...

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

In March 2009, after assessing staff's knowledge about fire prevention and safety, St. Mary's Hos...

San Mateo Medical Center San Mateo, CA307 Beds The Problem San Mateo Medical Center has collecte...

When Kaiser Permanente in California measured its incidence of pressure ulcers in patients three ...

Implementing quality improvement projects can improve patient safety and reduce inefficiency. But...

A strategy to use a single, integrated EMR has helped make Elliot Health System, based in Manches...

Go to kp.org with your smartphone, or download the free Kaiser Permanente app at Android Market t...

Saving lives and promoting community health certainly are commendable undertakings. To fully real...

This study found that pharmacist-led medication reconciliation in primary care settings identifie...

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

Market forces are driving renewed interest in integration that may result in changes in the owner...

Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...

Aurora Health CareMilwaukee, WI The Problem Aurora Health Care is a nonprofit, integrated delive...

Montefiore Medical CenterBronx, NY1,418 Beds The Problem Montefiore Medical Center is a large, a...

Care coordination is challenging for complex and vulnerable patient populations. Montefiore Medic...

This report provides a detailed discussion of baseline health spending by state of residence (per...

Transitions across care settings introduce risk for patient harm, and medication errors are an im...

Health care executives have to ensure that new care models are implemented effectively and improv...

To promote healthy communities, hospitals must lead the way and serve as role models. A recent AH...

Ten existential questions will make the difference between limping into the future and soaring to...

Clinical IT systems create great opportunities and challenges, especially for rural hospitals. St...

To perform the study, Health System Change researchers conducted 114 interviews in 2010 with part...

Frequently Asked Questions regarding implementation of the market reform provisions of the Affor...

Hospital IT departments are facing what one executive calls a "tsunami of activities, expectation...

Integrating the electronic health record to improve the overall care and health of the communitie...

Success in strategic organizational initiatives depends on changing the way people work together.

RWJF video details three perspectives on the need for cost information

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...

While any restructuring of the payment system will create incentives that alter providers' behavi...

CMS issued a final rule with comment period that updates payment policies and rates for physician...

Payers are considering bundled payments for inpatient surgery, combining provider reimbursements ...

One of the leading alternative payment models proposed in the Affordable Care Act of 2010 is bund...

Oregon's community hospitals are committed to working together to produce high-quality patient ca...