Does your hospital huddle? Staff in the medical-surgical unit at Fairbanks (AK) Memorial Hospital...

February 25th, 2013
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Today we need leaders who can help address the challenges and maximize the tremendous opportuniti...

February 11th, 2013
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From flexible visiting hours to family-centered rounds, hospitals are encouraging patients and fa...

February 4th, 2013
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From flexible visiting hours to family-centered rounds, hospitals are encouraging patients and fa...

February 4th, 2013
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Central line-associated bloodstream infections cause serious illness and death. Front-line caregi...

January 28th, 2013
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Imagine being hospitalized for a serious illness and being unable to communicate with nurses or d...

January 14th, 2013
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Imagine being hospitalized for a serious illness and being unable to communicate with nurses or d...

January 14th, 2013
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Year after year, America’s hospitals respond to meet pressing community health care needs. In 200...

January 7th, 2013
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During 2012, despite economic challenges, hospitals and health care systems throughout the United...

December 17th, 2012
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43,750: That’s the number of fall injuries the CMS Partnership for Patients campaign estimates wo...

December 10th, 2012
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What a difference three years of focusing on performance improvement can make! In 2009, metrics a...

December 3rd, 2012
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What a difference three years of focusing on performance improvement can make! In 2009, metrics a...

December 3rd, 2012
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One successful initiative can lead to another. A “nurse transitionist” program at Western Marylan...

November 26th, 2012
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Increasing patient adherence to medications? Check. Providing safe, patient-centered care? Check...

November 19th, 2012
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Involving everyone from front-line staff to executive committees to home health agencies to patie...

November 12th, 2012
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"Commitment to caring" and "quality improvement" and"patient engagement" are more than catchphras...

November 5th, 2012
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"Commitment to caring" and "quality improvement" and"patient engagement" are more than catchphras...

November 5th, 2012
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Building a culture of quality and safety in hospitals requires accomplished and courageous health...

October 22nd, 2012
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A just culture. A culture of transparency. A patient-first culture. Culture transformation at Uni...

October 15th, 2012
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Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, a 347-bed public hospital in Bronx, N.Y., has establish...

October 8th, 2012
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Focusing on patient education and collaboration with physicians and the hospital, Gundersen Luthe...

October 1st, 2012
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Focusing on patient education and collaboration with physicians and the hospital, Gundersen Luthe...

October 1st, 2012
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By "re-engineering"discharge and enhancing communication, The Chester County Hospital, West Chest...

September 24th, 2012
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Continuous. Quality. Improvement. To achieve that goal, Meriter Hospital, a 448-bed facility in M...

September 17th, 2012
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Compassionate and cost effective is how Memorial Healthcare System, based in Hollywood, Fla., des...

August 20th, 2012
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Every four years, the Olympic Games recognize athletes on a quest to be the best in their chosen ...

August 13th, 2012
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Patients hospitalized for tobacco-related illnesses may be the most motivated to quit using tobac...

August 6th, 2012
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Health care professionals at Henry Ford Health System know how to connect with teenagers. About 1...

July 30th, 2012
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Though more work needs to be done, our nation's hospitals are making advancements in providing qu...

July 23rd, 2012
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Marking its 60th anniversary last year, Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ, can count many accompli...

July 16th, 2012
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Small but mighty describes Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hosp...

July 9th, 2012
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E-mail, e-books, e-commerce. And now for patients, eVisits. At the University of Pittsburgh Medic...

July 2nd, 2012
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Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in American men, after skin cancer. According to...

June 18th, 2012
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Engaging and training diabetes patients is helping to change and save lives. Here's how: Rowan Re...

June 11th, 2012
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Engaging and training diabetes patients is helping to change and save lives. Here's how: Rowan Re...

June 11th, 2012
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It?s estimated that patients remember and understand about half of the information they receive f...

June 4th, 2012
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Occupying a five-block campus on Chicago's west side and serving an area that stretches about 15 ...

May 21st, 2012
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May 13-19 is National Women's Health Week, a project of the U.S. Health and Human Services' Offic...

May 14th, 2012
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May 13-19 is National Women's Health Week, a project of the U.S. Health and Human Services' Offic...

May 14th, 2012
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Part of the Alliance collaborative since 1994, Billings Clinic had been serving its community wit...

May 7th, 2012
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Part of the Alliance collaborative since 1994, Billings Clinic had been serving its community wit...

May 7th, 2012
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The rural community of Ellenville, New York (population 4,000), and the New York borough of Brook...

April 30th, 2012
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Communication breakdowns continue to be a leading cause of medical errors. Staff at Butler County...

April 23rd, 2012
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For people with diabetes, getting the proper treatment for foot wounds can prevent lingering prob...

April 16th, 2012
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For people with diabetes, getting the proper treatment for foot wounds can prevent lingering prob...

April 16th, 2012
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For 18 years, Community House Calls, a UW Medicine program of Harborview Medical Center in Seattl...

April 9th, 2012
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For 18 years, Community House Calls, a UW Medicine program of Harborview Medical Center in Seattl...

April 9th, 2012
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Walk into an ER for treatment and walk out with a medical home. Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospit...

March 26th, 2012
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Enriching. That's how AnMed Health views the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity of its ...

March 19th, 2012
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Enriching. That's how AnMed Health views the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity of its ...

March 19th, 2012
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