Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

This article describes the development of the regional health collaborative, a population-based h...

In an effort to provide hospitals and health systems nationwide with guidance, Premier developed ...

This brief, based on site visits from Nov. 2009 through March 2010, highlights care coordination ...

While many hospital and health systems have already implemented evidence-based medicine and proce...

This report summarizes the results of that survey, which indicated that overall influenza vaccina...

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

A trip to the emergency department too often conjures up images of crowded waiting rooms and exte...

Duplicate medication order errors increased with CPOE and CDS implementation. Many work system fa...

Throughout the United States, allied hospital associations—state, regional and metropolitan—are w...

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

Results from the 2010 survey about readmission activities are presented

The report provides a scientific base and practical guidance fo rengaging public health professio...

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...

Timely access to health care is important for everyone, particularly our nation's veterans. From ...

Why Is Focusing On Preventable Mortality Important?Hospital leaders work hard every day to provid...

2011 Guidelines

The guide is based on the learning that emerged from a multi-year pilot project that aimed to red...

This paper discusses how new technologies can be applied to improve the health of populations and...

Rarely does an orthopedic physician discuss information workflow with an ER doc, but at Regions H...

The Urgency of Health System Reforms to Ensure Respect for Patients'  Wishes and Accou...

Joseph Betancourt, M.D., director of multicultural education for Massachusetts General Hospital i...

Alegent Health, a 10-hospital system based in Nebraska and Southwestern Iowa, wanted an electroni...

After defining patient-centered medical homes, this report discusses particular opportunities and...

The federal health reform legislation includes several demonstration projects that will be held i...

As hospitals and health systems adjust to a new health care environment, quality performance and ...

For expectant mothers at risk for childbirth complications, the OB assist team at Abington (Pa.) ...

ED bottlenecks are common problems in hospitals causing excessive wait times, decreasing patient ...

When the Infection Prevention and Control Department of Medical Center of McKinney in McKinney, T...

An AHA research synthesis report presents an overview of bundled payment, including evidence of i...

The guide is designed to serve as a quick, simple resource by outlining four steps: Examine yo...

In 2005, the neonatal intensive care unit at Women and Children's Hospital of West Virginia exper...

The Problem Severe sepsis is one of the most significant challenges in critical care. Although S...

The Problem Inefficiencies in the fast track at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital have long b...

The Problem Like many hospitals, Westmoreland struggled with significant ED crowding and patient...

As a result of care coordination activities with Medicare patients, the opportunity to improve pa...

At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...

The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...

The Problem Emergency departments across the nation are being stretched as more Americans rely o...

The Problem The organization was recording more patient falls than its leadership considered acc...

The ProblemMedication reconciliation—comparing a patient's medication orders to all medications t...

The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...

The Problem Medication safety is a strategic imperative in the organization. Each aspect of the ...

The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...

The Problem In 2004, Faxton Hospital and St. Luke's-Memorial Hospital merged. The leaders of the...

The Problem Good Samaritan's LWBS rate (2.1 percent) is close to the national average (2.0 perce...

Th e P roblemUrinary tract infections are the most common hospital-acquired infection with 80 per...

The Problem Inapproprate inductions of labor, defined as elective iductions less than 39 weeks g...

The Problem According to a study published online by Health Affairs on January 15, 2008, the med...

The Problem Adverse drug events occur in as many as 10 percent of hospitalized patients, with th...

The Problem Medication errors are among the most common medical errors, harming at least 1.5 mil...

The Problem MRSA accounts for more than 18,000 deaths annually nationwide, according to the CDC....

The ProblemUrinary tract infections are the most common infections in hospitals. The majority are...

The ProblemMedication errors in the health care delivery system are the most common type of error...

The Problem The Pitt Country Memorial Hospital leadership team decided to reduce surgical compli...

The Problem St. Francis struggled getting non-emergent patients from the door to an ED bed in a ...

The Problem The results of blood tests are crucial to physician decision making. At St. Luke's, ...

The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...

The Problem In 2007, all 19 regional perinatal programs in New York began looking at the reducti...

The Problem According to the American Heart Association, heart failure affects about 5.7 million...

The Problem The emergency department corrective action team began May 2, 2007 with the mission s...

The Problem Bronson's patient safety committee appointed a task force to look at medication erro...

The Problem With the national average of hospital-acquired skin breakdown at 4.8 percent, Bronso...

The Problem With mechanical ventilation being a large part of care for critical patients, teh ne...

The Problem After examining hospital data to pinpoint opportunities to improve, Gundersen Luther...

The Problem Like many urban safety net hospitals, Hahnemann University Hospital struggled with o...

The Problem Falls are a serious problem for older people, composing the largest single category ...

The Problem Norwalk Hospital was an early developer and user of health information technology. I...

The Problem Carolina Medical Center-Mercy worked on patient throughput in its ED, while developi...

Reducing rates of rehospitalization has attracted attention from policymakers as a way to improve...

The report recommends improved ways in which primary care practices should be paid for delivering...

In the Pink is a program of Saint Michael's Medical Center and the program provides outreach, edu...

St. Joseph Community Health  in Albuquerque, New Mexico, wants to make sure that all children hav...

W hat is patient- and family-centered care? Why does it matter? How does it fit with a hospital's...

This article discusses strategies to maximize improvement in overall population health and sugges...