Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Among California's African American, Native American, Latino and Hmong populations, a diagnosis o...

The Affordable Care Act and state Medicaid reform efforts present opportunities to reengineer hea...

 For baby boomers, the peak interest in health issues comes at about age 51, with a second peak c...

While there is broad agreement on the general concepts defining patient-centered medical homes, l...

As the patient-centered medical home model gains momentum, providers must strike a balance betwee...

Efforts to improve U.S. health care must include payment reforms that encourage greater efficienc...

The mobile app from HPOE will ensure you receive up-to-date alerts when new HPOE guides are relea...

For the last century, the major causes of disease and death among Americans have changed, shiftin...

Medicaid is the nation's health coverage program for the low-income population, covering , more t...

For the  last 15 years, public hospitals have pursued multiple strategies to help maintain financ...

Cigna’s Collaborative Accountable Care initiative provides financial incentives to physician grou...

Health care reform presents academic health centers with an opportunity to test new systems of ca...

The implementation of accountable care organizations, a new health care payment and delivery mode...

This cross-site comparison of the early experience of four provider organizations participating i...

The Florida Hospital Association is proud to recognize the 2012 Celebration of Achievement in Qua...

At the 2012 American Public Health Association annual meeting, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation spo...

When patients are given decision aids, such as educational booklets, DVDs, or interactive tools, ...

Annual analysis of the health care of a record number of Americans by the National Committee for ...

Sandy Hausman reports on the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative, a Commonwealth Fund-supported de...

SHCA is a not-for-profit health care organization dedicated to serving those who advocate in the ...

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

Diabetes is among the ten leading causes of death in both white and African American patients, bu...

Using key metrics, MaineHealth gauges its impact on population health The board's challenge--wha...

Accelerating Care Integration Lack of care coordination and integration was identified as a majo...

This webinar introduces strategies to increase physical activity through community design.

Focusing on patient education and collaboration with physicians and the hospital, Gundersen Luthe...

The AHA is dedicated to highlighting the good work that America's hospitals are doing to care and...

A recent article from the Los Angeles Times looks at how the traditional doctor-patient relations...

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

Patients hospitalized for tobacco-related illnesses may be the most motivated to quit using tobac...

The Health Disparities Cancer Collaborative implemented six components of the chronic care model ...

This commentary was written by  Daren R. Anderson, MD, vice president and chief quality officer, ...

This article discusses how clinically at-risk and socially disadvantaged populations may not be f...

This toolkit presents Muskegon County's Community Health Needs Assessment  process and results, a...

Studies suggest that the presence of multiple chronic conditions (MCC) adds a layer of complexity...

Health care professionals at Henry Ford Health System know how to connect with teenagers. About 1...

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center strives to provide competent, culturally sensitive, high...

UNC Hospitals is committed to providing a patient-centered care environment. A team of leaders is...

A collection of 10 short essays by the industry luminaries who have received HRET's TRUST Award s...

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

Engaging and training diabetes patients is helping to change and save lives. Here's how: Rowan Re...

Fully two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. One-third of American children are overwei...

It?s estimated that patients remember and understand about half of the information they receive f...

This article discusses divergent concepts of population health between care delivery systems and ...

Fairfield Memorial Hospital identified the need to improve the patient experience in the emergenc...

Rush-Copley Medical Center collaborated with the Kane County Health Department after an outbreak ...

A multidisciplinary team was developed with objectives to provide clear, easy to understand educa...

Using Plan-Do-Study-Act, this initiative prioritized utilization of spirometry as the standard di...

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are forming in communities across the country. In ACOs, hea...

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