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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...
BackgroundMedStar Health is a not-for-profit health system in the Maryland and Washington, D.C., ...
Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...
The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...
The hospital identified two process improvement opportunities related to medication safety effort...
Inappropriate stress ulcer prophylaxis is a serious problem across the health care continuum. Lit...
Reducing inpatient length of stay has a strong impact on value and organizational performance, an...
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's quality award submissions are highlighted on HPOE....
In January 2015, Southern Illinois Healthcare, based in Carbondale, was awarded an 18-month USDA ...
The premise of this project was that failure to maintain a patient's respect and dignity represen...
Approximately two years ago frontline staff presented a proposal to remove bed and chair alarms f...
In 2012, a physician-led Pioneer accountable care organization recognized an opportunity to bette...
The health system's vision in 2014 was "to transform the delivery and financing of health care to...
The ICMP Program is a Care Manager collaborative created to ensure the transition of patient care...
North Shore Medical Center aims to provide the perfect patient experience based on evidence-based...
The skilled nursing facility three-day waiver program is an exciting opportunity at Partners Heal...
The Perioperative Medicine Model of Care is a three-pronged approach to the postoperative care of...
Children with complex medical conditions have a broad range of medical, social and supportive nee...
Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that diagnostic care for patients who were referred within the...
New England Quality Care Alliance, a physician network, implemented a medication prior authorizat...
Boston Children’s Hospital and its associated pediatric primary care physicians organization coll...
Children with complex medical conditions have a broad range of medical, social and supportive nee...
Newton-Wellesley Hospital reviewed rates of third and fourth degree obstetrical trauma (Patient S...
The integrated specialty pharmacy program at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., i...
In early 2010, Emerson Hospital board members, medical staff and executive leaders convened to ad...
The project's goal was to reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in trached and ...
Hallmark Health System, Inc., is participating in the Community-based Care Transitions Program (C...
With the national focus on decreasing hospital-acquired infections, Massachusetts General Hospita...
At Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, the pediatric intensive care unit has been implem...
Dedicated to eliminating catheter-associated urinary tract infections, North Shore Medical Center...
This health care system's unique post-acute care (PAC) continuum of Inpatient Rehabilitation Faci...
Since 2007, The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Psychiatry Residency program has help...
NYU Lutheran Healthcare, Brooklyn, N.Y., created a shared medical appointment program transformin...
In 2008, the two hospital systems partnered with the city of Whittier, the YMCA of Greater Whitti...
Lake Placid and Tupper Lake, nursing homes that are part of Adirondack Health, Saranac Lake, N.Y....
The Muskegon Community Health Project, in partnership with Mercy Health Partners, is an inclusive...
The Department of Veterans Affairs home-based primary care began in 1972. Home-based primary ca...
OSF Healthcare, Peoria, Ill., wanted to improve the care of patients experiencing an ST elevation...
Holy Cross Hospital could be characterized as an emergency department with critical care units. T...
Chambers County was designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration as one of the ...
The traditional behavioral health access model of calling for an appointment which is subsequentl...
Kaiser Permanente, as an integrated health care delivery system, has made significant progress to...
African American older adults are at greater risk of depression due to the higher incidence of ch...
Southcentral FoundationAnchorage, AK150 beds A nonprofit health care organization owned by the A...
Informed Medical Decisions FoundationBoston, MAThe Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, founded...
Emory HealthcareAtlanta, GA Emory Healthcare, a large academic teaching system, deployed a patie...
South Nassau Communities Hospital initiated the "Knot So Fast" project to promote a safe and effi...
Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...
Coney Island Hospital developed a crisis prevention, early intervention, and response team known ...
AIM focuses care on people with advanced illness, which often involves more than one chronic diag...
The Problem The Pitt Country Memorial Hospital leadership team decided to reduce surgical compli...