Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Patients are becoming empowered. As health care consumers, they are reviewing publicly available ...

Learn from the best of the best. The 2013 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® recipients will s...

This toolkit helps track community partnerships, assess opportunities for increased engagement an...

This report discusses the importance of health in all policies, an approach to improving health b...

After a decade of war and an unprecedented number of combat deployments, our service members, vet...

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 ...

At North Shore-LIJ Health System, teamwork is everywhere. This New York health system uses TeamST...

Zero is an important number at Broward Health North. The 409-bed community hospital in Deerfield ...

This article explores how geographic health information systems can be used to improve the health...

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 ...

Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

Research shows that when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable imp...

This guide includes two sections that address collection and use of patient race, ethnicity and l...

This annual survey of employers provides a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health c...

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

A summer internship program growing in Brooklyn is introducing minority high school students to c...

A summer internship program growing in Brooklyn is introducing minority high school students to c...

Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

The nation’s health care system is undergoing dramatic change as the country shifts to a value-ba...

Million Hearts is a national initiative to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017. I...

In July 2013, the AHA released another collection of action-oriented resources that can help hosp...

This articles explores how HealthPartners decided to target nonclinical determinants of populatio...

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

This toolkit provides a framework for creating interventions that promote the Healthy People 2020...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality prize honors hospitals that have a committed in a systemic man...

AHA NOVA Awards honor effective, collaborative programs focused on improving community health sta...

It is both “a sprint and a marathon.” That’s how a team at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor...

It is both a sprint and a marathon.” That's how a team at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor,...

This article aims to define the term "healthy communities" based on existing literature on the to...

Only a small percentage of patients develop a health care-associated infection after surgery, and...

This guide describes a three-step action plan from the On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI project that helps...

Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the flagship publication of the AHA, has put together a web...

Many of the nation's hospitals and health systems have made progress laying the building blocks f...

Board members have a critical role to play in setting the tone for meaningful quality improvement...

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

In California, about 16 percent of the adult population, more than 4 million people, have mental ...

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

The nation’s health care system is undergoing dramatic change as the country shifts to a value-ba...

This resource gives hospital and health system leaders concrete, practical steps grounded on evid...

How do you successfully integrate behavioral health and primary care? A recent HPOE webinar highl...

The compendium is a collection of action-oriented resources that can help design and implement st...

This webinar highlights the upcoming HPOE action guide, "Eliminating Catheter-Associated Urinary ...

The Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Networks are designed to improve patient care ac...

Providing quality care for patients with limited English proficiency can be challenging, even for...

This report from the Department of Health and Human Services describes a plan to bolster implemen...

The aviation industry has successfully used checklists to ensure safe air travel for passengers a...

This article discusses how six organizations in Oakland, Calif., used a health impact assessment ...

There is a growing need to improve health care, especially at the interface between general medic...

Throughout the past decade, there has been a substantial increase in the national frequency of po...

Everyone is talking “population health management,” and many health care organizations are succes...

Cultural competency in health care describes the ability of systems to provide care to patients w...

Here’s a disheartening statistic from the National Cancer Institute: in the United States, white ...

Here's a disheartening statistic from the National Cancer Institute: in the United States, white ...

Being accessible only by airplane or boat adds to the scenic character of Wrangell, Alaska (popul...

No single organization can effectively address complex community health issues such as access to ...

To become an effective population health manager, a hospital must create effective partnerships. ...

June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...

June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...

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...

This report indentifies and explains guiding principles to inform the implementation ofCommunity ...

Children diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavior disorders need q...

Providing the very best care—the goal of all hospitals and care givers—must include an understand...

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...

Patients may be Christian, Jew, Muslim or of any other religious expression—at Lutheran Medical C...

Young children who missed more than half of recommended well-child visits had up to twice the ris...

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...

Think of all the instruments, equipment and furniture in a hospital operating room. Any of these ...

Improving discharge can reap multiple benefits for patients and providers, including reducing rea...

Improving discharge can reap multiple benefits for patients and providers, including reducing rea...

Telepsychiatry is playing a pivotal role in providing timely care to hospitalized mental health p...

Providing culturally competent care to patients requires a focus on more than just race, ethnicit...

This webinar examined best practices and lessons from the field on health care transformation ini...

More than 64 million surgeries are performed annually in the United States. Preventing surgical s...

There were between 462,000 and 636,000 CLABSIs in nonneonatal critical care patients in the Unite...

Ensuring the highest quality for patient care means continuously reviewing processes and outcomes...

The National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quali...

"Metrics for the Second Curve of Health Care" expands on four strategies originally identified in...

Patients admitted to a hospital for one condition—congestive heart failure, for example—are typic...

April is National Minority Health Month. Launched in April 2001 by the National Minority Health F...

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...