Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Nurses at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, part of Catholic Health, introduced a Diabetes Education Qui...

Homelessness is a hidden but real issue in Chittenden County, VT. University of Vermont Medical C...

Baseball managers tinker with team lineups to improve results on the field, and hospitals can do ...

Hypertension—the silent killer—impacts more than one in three Americans and is a leading cause of...

In January 2011, utilizing the hospital’s system-wide electronic medical records, a family medici...

The Department of Veterans Affairs home-based primary care  began in 1972.  Home-based primary ca...

Children with cystic fibrosis have better lung function and survival rates if their body mass ind...

OSF Healthcare, Peoria, Ill., wanted to improve the care of patients experiencing an ST elevation...

Care for people with multiple chronic health conditions is often fragmented, resulting in increas...

African American older adults are at greater risk of depression due to the higher incidence of ch...

Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders were at a higher risk of po...

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

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

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

In 2009, North Central Bronx Hospital analyzed data from its diabetes registry to identify opport...

Evidence-based practice is an essential requirement of professional health care providers. Rural ...

AIM focuses care on people with advanced illness, which often involves more than one chronic diag...

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

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