The Chairman’s File columns provide just a glimpse of the excellent work that our nation’s hospit...

December 21st, 2015

In this study, the research team sought to compare the performance of provider-sponsored health p...

December 4th, 2015
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The Alliance for a Healthier South Carolina is an unprecedented volunteer collaboration of more t...

November 10th, 2015

Since 2007, The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Psychiatry Residency program has help...

November 10th, 2015
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CDMHC’s innovative programs divert hundreds of patients from the hospitals and emergency departme...

November 10th, 2015
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Overcoming language barriers with patients improves communication, a critical element of safety a...

November 9th, 2015
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In accord with their commitment to equity of care and leadership diversity, hospitals and health ...

October 19th, 2015
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Evidence-based guidelines now support restrictive red blood cell transfusion practices to enhance...

October 6th, 2015
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This project aimed to reduce the OR turnover time for total joint cases. Baseline data showed it ...

October 6th, 2015
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Utilizing Six Sigma's DMAIC model, this project looked at ways to decrease errors in the document...

October 6th, 2015
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Patients discharged to home waited an average of 3.5 hours to complete all of the necessary steps...

October 6th, 2015
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Patient safety is the number one priority at this facility. After discussing medication errors at...

October 6th, 2015
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Failure to rescue is the failure to recognize or act upon the patient's decline in condition resu...

October 6th, 2015
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A new HPOE Guide “Increasing Supplier Diversity in Health Care” provides action steps and case st...

September 30th, 2015
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The goal of this project was to decrease the utilization rates of indwelling urinary catheters an...

September 14th, 2015
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An accurate home medication list serves as the "source of truth" for the entire process of medica...

September 14th, 2015
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The goal of this project was to reduce the number of injection errors occurring at the hospital's...

September 14th, 2015
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Erie County Medical Center's "boots on the floor" initiative began by hiring five full-time patie...

September 14th, 2015

The NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System implemented multidisciplinary ICU mobilization teams t...

September 14th, 2015

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System opened a facility to treet heavioral health and prim...

September 14th, 2015