Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

This HPOE webinar, held in conjunction with the Institute for Diversity in Health Management, fea...

Excellent patient-centered care is the goal of a program implemented by the team at McDonough Dis...

Read about the many programs that Novant Health has developed around leadership diversity includi...

Founded in 1912, MedStar St. Mary's Hospital serves the people of St. Mary's County, Maryland. A ...

Change can be uncomfortable. But no matter how sophisticated, hospitals and health care systems n...

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

In order to achieve the Triple Aim, hospital leaders must implement strategies to achieve the Sec...

Building a culture that is inclusive and founded on principles of diversity was a “key destinatio...

Baystate Health, based in Springfield, Mass., has two formal mentorship programs available to its...

For nearly 20 years, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Jersey has partnered with the...

The University of Mississippi Medical Center created a Healthcare Disparities Council with 40 mem...

Greenville Health System in South Carolina overhauled its leadership search and selection process...

Recognizing the need for diversity management, Sparrow Heatlh System in Lansing, Mich., hired a d...

The Institute for Diversity in Health Management's Summer Enrichment Program matches and places m...

Lean Six Sigma tools were used to reduce pressure ulcers at Memorial Health System, Springfield, ...

Montefiore Medical Center's School Health Program is the largest and most comprehensive school-ba...

California's Central Valley is known for its abundant fruits and vegetables; however, many famili...

The growing undergraduate public health movement in the nation is exciting; yet, concerns linger ...

The Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, a partner of the Brooklyn Health Disparities Center, ...

Increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of the nation's health professions workforce has many ...

The National Center for Health Care Leadership's diversity leadership demonstration project is th...

The foundation of all efforts to identify disparities, improve quality, achieve equity and delive...

For six months, Brandywine Hospital has not had one central line-associated bloodstream infection...

Saint Anthony Health Center, Alton, Ill., took a hard look at data from its cancer program and fo...

INTEGRIS Health is the largest Oklahoma-owned health care corporation. Its facilities cover the c...

This infographic provides a sample of the findings from the 2013 Diversity and Disparities: A Ben...

Hospitals and care systems across the country are engaged in quality improvement efforts to impro...

“Once a patient believes that you [the provider] understand them, we think the healing begins,” s...

Although rare and difficult to study, wrong-site surgery is a serious risk recognized by health c...

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

With the rise in higher-deductible health plans and coinsurance, Americans are paying an increasi...

The culture of an organization can actively support the commitment of its workforce by providing ...

Managing population health, financial planning for value-based care and payment, and leading impr...

Meridian Health is a leading not-for-profit health care organization in New Jersey, comprised of ...

Together with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, HRET shared the results of a survey that stu...

A national leader in health care equity, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has developed s...

This article highlights the success of a pilot project between Park Nicollet hospital, St. Louis ...

Some patients have difficulty effectively managing their medications because they don't fully und...

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

Only 20 percent  of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients at the hospital were properly ...

Only 20 percent  of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients at the hospital were properly ...

The patient experience as measured by patient satisfaction scores is an organizational goal. In t...

During 2011, the hospital joined the IHA Project Re-Engineering Discharge (RED) collaborative to ...

To address the widespread lack of access to basic health care, community health centers serve mor...

This updated chartpack offers a snapshot of some common strategies used to improve the quality of...

This issue brief continues the program’s examination of state-level community benefit oversight b...

The May 2014 edition of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved highlights lingui...

Hospitals and health care systems can support their missions and also many additional benefits by...

As our nation's population becomes more diverse, health care organizations are continuously prese...

A gap analysis was conducted. Key themes emerged in this analysis such as inadequate preparation ...

Since 2010, the academic medical center has been supporting a program to reduce 30-day all cause ...

Using a Community Needs Assessment, Morris Hospital, which serves 18 rural communities, identifie...

Crossroad Health Center is a federally qualified health center and level 3 patient-centered medic...

All practices participating in Better Health Greater Cleveland collect and submit data on patient...

After identifying inequities with affordable access to primary care services and an uncoordinated...

Improving care after discharge translates to decreased readmissions. Marshall Medical Center, a 1...

Population health is receiving increased attention for its role in improving health care, specifi...

National Hospital Week celebrates the men and women working in U.S. hospitals and care systems wh...

Moving from a volume-based payment model to a value-based payment model requires a new set of man...

There is a need for greater understanding of the factors that lead to improved process quality an...

The health care field leaves a large environmental footprint, but hospitals and health care syste...

Hospitals and health care systems are faced with unprecedented challenges and opportunities as th...

The April issue of Health Services Research journal is now available. Covering topics in variati...

The winds of change in health care are swirling around us: shifting patient and workforce demogra...

This infographic shows what 40-year-old Americans would pay for a second-lowest-cost silver excha...

Rooftop gardens are flourishing atop more and more hospitals. On unused roof space at Castle Medi...

A growing number of hospitals are engaged in community economic development, recognizing the impo...

A special issue of Health Services Research on “Health Information Technology” is now available. ...

The National Patient Safety Foundation leads Patient Safety Awareness Week in early March to prom...

Each year, the AHA Committee on Performance Improvement takes an in-depth look at a single topic ...

Four generations are working side by side in hospitals and care systems today. Atlantic Health Sy...

The Missouri Hospital Association issued the Standardized, Plain Language Emergency Codes Impleme...

The Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience (SAFER) Guides are a suite of tools that include ...

In 2005, Guernsey County in rural Ohio had the state’s second worst late-stage colon cancer rates...

Generational differences—one factor of diversity—are changing workforce dynamics. Traditionalists...