Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

With four hospitals and more than 120 employed medical providers, St. Charles Health System is a ...

Meridian Health is a leading not-for-profit health care organization in New Jersey, comprised of ...

Many Medicare patients with life-limiting illnesses had no documented advanced directive while in...

The hospital applied for the Joint Commission certification as a Primary Stroke Center. In order...

Some patients have difficulty effectively managing their medications because they don't fully und...

Care for people with multiple chronic health conditions is often fragmented, resulting in increas...

Only 20 percent  of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients at the hospital were properly ...

Only 20 percent  of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients at the hospital were properly ...

The patient experience as measured by patient satisfaction scores is an organizational goal. In t...

During 2011, the hospital joined the IHA Project Re-Engineering Discharge (RED) collaborative to ...

A gap analysis was conducted. Key themes emerged in this analysis such as inadequate preparation ...

Since 2010, the academic medical center has been supporting a program to reduce 30-day all cause ...

Using a Community Needs Assessment, Morris Hospital, which serves 18 rural communities, identifie...

Three patient navigators are used to advocate on behalf of women with abnormal breast findings on...

All practices participating in Better Health Greater Cleveland collect and submit data on patient...

The Greater Detroit Area Health Council is taking an innovative approach to reducing disparities ...

After identifying inequities with affordable access to primary care services and an uncoordinated...

This case study describes a pilot program to find out the effect that integrative behavioral heal...

St. Joseph Regional Health Center went on a Lean journey to not only save money, but improve the ...

Founded in 1989, the Metro Community Provider Network is a nonprofit organization in the Denver M...

Established in 2007, Colorado Total Smiles is a nonprofit located in the Denver Metro area that p...

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

Womansplace Crisis Center is committed to working toward the elimination of violence against wome...

Healthy Communities of Clinton County Coalition Two teams of community members--a coalition of h...

Fletcher Allen Health Care's  Community Benefit CommitteeBurlington, VT About the Initiative:In ...

Lean transformation means improved patient care, employee satisfaction and reduced costs as MSHA ...

This report highlights nearly 80 evidence-based disease and injury prevention programs. These pro...

Goal-Save lives, reduce suffering and lower costs related to complications of surgery. Developed...

Goal-Reduce and prevent medical errors by adopting best practices and procedures. The Patient Sa...

The Florida Hospital Association highlights its quality improvement initiatives with several repo...

This report highlights five years of quality improvement among Florida hospitals. It highlights "...

On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...

Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network GoalsReduce patient harm by 40 percent and ...

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...

St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn. 396 licensed beds Full-service teaching hospi...

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

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

The report describes the journeys of four care systems as they are transforming into accountable ...

The case study addresses a hospital-based tobacco cessation initiative that serves patients regar...

Doctors Hospital of Manteca/Tenet HealthcareManteca, CABeds: 73 The ProblemRealizing high-alert ...

New Ulm Medical CenterNew Ulm, MN45 Beds The Problem New Ulm Medical Center, a critical access h...

Wrangell Medical CenterWrangell, AK22 Beds The Problem Wrangell Medical Center is located in Wra...

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

Yuma District HospitalYuma, CO12 Beds The Problem Yuma District Hospital, located in Yuma, Color...

Cheyenne Regional Medical CenterCheyenne, WY222 Beds The Problem Cheyenne Regional Medical Cente...

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...

Holy Cross Hospital could be characterized as an emergency department with critical care units. T...

Chambers County was designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration as one of the ...

Davis Health System is a health care network that includes 90-bed Davis Memorial Hospital, 12-bed...

Concord (N.H.) Hospital • 230-bed regional medical center • 17,194 admissions • 295 medical staff...

Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Jackson, Miss.– 633 beds– 3,000-plus employees In 1997, Miss...

ProMedica’s (NW Ohio and SE Michigan) mission is to improve the health and well-being of the peop...

Using FOCUS-PDCA, the hospital identified an opportunity to decrease the 30 day readmission rate ...

Data suggests that the hospital has a three year (2006-2009) CHF readmission average of 24.2 perc...

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

According to Leapfrog survey results, the hospital’s rate of elective deliveries prior to 39 week...

The medical center experienced a 115 percent increase in behavioral health (BH) patients presenti...

The goal was to eliminate all variances in the clinical process measures to ensure that patients ...

According to Leapfrog survey results, the hospital’s rate of elective deliveries prior to 39 week...

The traditional behavioral health access model of calling for an appointment which is subsequentl...

Emergency department overcrowding has created patient throughput challenges with 2012 volume alre...

Preoperative/procedure testing for surgical, cardiac catheterization and scheduled C-section pati...

In December 2009, the medical center embarked on a little known and practiced procedure in the Un...

 HPOE is pleased to highlight case studies from the Illinois Hospital Association’s Institute f...

Greenville Health SystemGreenville, South Carolina786 Beds The Problem The diversity of the lead...

In 2009, the leadership team of this hospital empowered its multidisciplinary critical care commi...

The hospital was experiencing higher costs and lower quality care than its competitors based on d...

The hospital developed a comprehensive, multidisciplinary stroke program to provide patients with...

Early and safe mobility of critically ill patients in a cardiovascular surgical intensive care un...

The treatment of asthma requires cultural and linguistic sensitivity. Ideal treatment options req...

Disparities in care were noted for diabetes, cardio vascular disease and cancer screeening for Hm...

The University of Maryland College Park, School of Public Health and its Center for Health Litera...

The University of Michigan Health System used lean management and the plan-do-check-act cycle to ...

The YWCA of Greater Milwaukee created a diversity training program focused on race and racism, in...

To help those with reading and language challenges, UVA Health System staff developed a curriculu...

Although it is accepted that cultural competency training is a vital part of reducing health disp...

A collaborative effort among Harborview Medical Center, two massage schools, the Southeast Seattl...

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and the Texas Health Institute developed a fr...

Health plans and provider communities share a need for quality information that promotes cultural...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Geriatric Education Center  provides geriatric education ...

This case study explains Barnes-Jewish Hospital's approach to training it  4,100 team members thr...

 Stanford Geriatric Education Center's geriatric training programs for health professionals are o...

The Illinois Department of Public Health, Center for Minority Services is using mobile messaging ...

This study of Spanish-speaking rural Latinos with diabetes finds that Spanish fluency is independ...

L.A. Care Health Plans developed an innovative video designed to inform deaf and hard-of-hearing ...

In a society as culturally diverse as the United States, especially in New York City,  members of...

In 2005, the University of Washington School of Medicine was awarded a grant from the National In...

Interest in cross-cultural communication in health care has increased in recent years as provider...

Good patient/provider communication correlates with greater patient satisfaction, increased patie...

Although, increasing diversity in the health care workforce and training health care providers to...

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...

Clinicians and health care providers incorporate evidence-based clinical interventions to improve...

The ADA committee at the Kaiser Woodland Hills facility was started in 2010 in an effort to compl...