Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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 emergency department (ED) was experiencing extended lengths of stay for psychiatric patients,...

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....

Undergoing surgery of any kind can be a stressful experience for patients and their families. The...

Across the United States, nonprofit hospitals are conducting community health needs assessments, ...

Creating a quieter hospital environment can help the healing process and improve the patient expe...

St. Joseph Health, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, a 208-bed hospital in Napa, California, is...

The premise of this project was that failure to maintain a patient's respect and dignity represen...

Patient and system tracers have been conducted at this institution since 2008. Prior to this proj...

North Shore Medical Center aims to provide the perfect patient experience based on evidence-based...

North Shore Medical Center is dedicated to safely transitioning all emergency department patients...

TEMPO: Together Everyone Improves Patient Outcomes, an initiative undertaken at Saint Vincent Hos...

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...

Health care teams that communicate effectively reduce the potential for human error, resulting in...

This toolkit has tips on  Selecting Patients and Families to Serve as Advisors Preparation fo...

When River Hospital, Alexandria Bay, N.Y., identified an unmet mental health need for active duty...

The medical center experienced a 115 percent increase in behavioral health (BH) patients presenti...

The traditional behavioral health access model of calling for an appointment which is subsequentl...

Disparities in care were noted for diabetes, cardio vascular disease and cancer screeening for Hm...

The driving principle behind the outpatient service excellence journey is excellent customer serv...

Medicine involves decisions. But for Medicare patients with conditions for which surgery is an op...

Palliative care specializes in taking care of patients with serious illness and focuses on provid...

Kaiser Permanente developed a home-based model of palliative care that uses an interdisciplinary ...

AbstractBackground: Handover practices at hospital discharge are relatively under-researched, par...

Background: Little information exists about what primary care physicians and patients experience ...

This list features five recommendations for family medicine. The goal is to identify items: commo...

This list was created by the AAAAI executive committee. The goal is to identify items: common in ...

The American College of Cardiology asked its standing clinical councils to recommend between thre...

The group collaboratively identified and narrowed down screening or diagnostic tests commonly use...

An initial list of topics was narrowed down based on the highest potential for improvement, repre...

This paper examines successful approaches to delivering mental health treatment in primary care a...

This decision-maker brief offers programmatic and policy changes that can help practices, especia...

Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...

For the past three years, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center has been develop...

In 2006, Southampton Hospital's department of nursing conducted a needs assessment focusing on th...

Coney Island Hospital developed a crisis prevention, early intervention, and response team known ...

Transitions across care settings introduce risk for patient harm, and medication errors are an im...

To expertly execute a dribble handoff in basketball, communication between teammates is key. How ...

The report recommends improved ways in which primary care practices should be paid for delivering...