Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

The 2011 recipients of the annual John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards.  The award...

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

This toolkit is designed to help your hospital understand the Quality Indicators from AHRQ, and s...

An interactive map showing quality initiatives by state

The patient safety portal includes links to valuable tools and resources.

In this study of 1,421 employees, we examined how different presentations of information affect t...

Wrong site surgeries are rare and difficult to study. But most health care organizations recogniz...

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

The use of "triggers" or clues to identify adverse events is an effective method for measuring th...

Improving quality of care can go hand in hand with eliminating disparities in care. University of...

Early elective deliveries have been proven to increase the risk of adverse health outcomes post d...

Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...

Good Samaritan Hospital's Clinical Transformation Team guided the formation of a Ventilator-Assoc...

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

Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...

Rome Memorial Hospital began this project as a prelude to developing a progressive mobility progr...

Until recently, Stony Brook University Medical Center's approach to core measure data consisted o...

At the end of the second quarter of 2010, The Brooklyn Hospital Center identified that only four ...

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