Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Like many hospitals, SBH Health System uses the computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system. ...

This project has decreased cycle time for medication reconciliation at time of admission and for ...

The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...

Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...

In January 2015, Southern Illinois Healthcare, based in Carbondale, was awarded an 18-month USDA ...

This year's winners of Health Care's Most Wired Survey are employing information technology to he...

This paper illustrates ONC’s 10-year vision for advancing health IT capabilities in a manner that...

Avista Adventist Hospital, a 114-bed facility in Louisville, Colorado, used best practices and pe...

This webinar introduces and explains the ONC-sponsored SAFER guides, which can be found at http:/...

Cybersecurity vulnerabilities and intrusions pose risks for every hospital and its reputation. Wh...

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 ...

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

New Ulm Medical CenterNew Ulm, MN45 Beds The Problem New Ulm Medical Center, a critical access h...

Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital and Northern Counties Health Care, Inc.,  have had a long-...

After acknowledging that medication errors were on the rise, the facility implemented computerize...

Increasing patient adherence to medications? Check. Providing safe, patient-centered care? Check...

Northwestern Memorial Hospital developed a comprehensive toolkit focused on the prevalence and im...

This fact sheet summarizes the finding from the 2012 Most Wired survey results. The Most Wired s...

This is a collection of resources around computerized physician order entry to assist in implemen...

Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...

Although electronic reporting systems for near misses and adverse events have been implemented na...

Strong Memorial Hospital adopted barcode medication administration technology to reduce the incid...

San Mateo Medical Center San Mateo, CA307 Beds The Problem San Mateo Medical Center has collecte...

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

A strategy to use a single, integrated EMR has helped make Elliot Health System, based in Manches...

Montefiore Medical CenterBronx, NY1,418 Beds The Problem Montefiore Medical Center is a large, a...

This study found that pharmacist-led medication reconciliation in primary care settings identifie...

Clinical IT systems create great opportunities and challenges, especially for rural hospitals. St...

Hospital IT departments are facing what one executive calls a "tsunami of activities, expectation...

Integrating the electronic health record to improve the overall care and health of the communitie...

Restructuring care has reduced readmissions at St. Mary?s Duluth (MN) Clinic Heart and Vascular ...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...