Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

Serious dental problems can affect the overall well-being of an individual. Therefore, Mount St. ...

U.S. health care leaders are continually working to improve care processes while advancing a medi...

BackgroundMedStar Health is a not-for-profit health system in the Maryland and Washington, D.C., ...

To help reduce 30-day readmission rates, South Nassau Communities Hospital implemented “Right Car...

SBH Health System implemented numerous strategies to reduce the number of Cather-Associated Urina...

Cortland Regional Medical Center’s Transitional Care Program is working to reduce 30-day readmiss...

Hospitals are working to achieve all elements of the Triple Aim by redesigning traditional ways o...

Hospitals and health systems are intensifying their focus to ensure all patients receive high-qua...

MedEx Bedside Prescription Delivery is the very first bedside medication delivery service for hos...

Since 2012, the Aiming for Zero program at Northwell Hospital is continuously working to reduce C...

At hospitals and health care systems across the country, executives, clinicians and staff are lea...

The best way to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) is to limit the use ...

Reducing and eliminating patient harm are at the forefront of patient safety and continue to be a...

According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...

The systemwide Obstetrics Care Excellence Team was formed to improve quality of care and reduce c...

Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...

Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...

In 2008, the health system’s program to contact discharged emergency department (ED) and immediat...

The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...

Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...

The hospital identified two process improvement opportunities related to medication safety effort...

The goal of this project was to standardize protocols for controlling patient pain following tota...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...

Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...

The 2012 New England Compounding Center tragedy and ongoing drug shortages have caused a dramatic...

Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...

The organization sought to create a root cause analysis (RCA) structure that endowed greater focu...

Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...

The organization used Lean Six Sigma process techniques to identify and support improved efficien...

Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...

Patient falls during hospitalization can lead to increased inpatient care costs, decreased patien...

The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...

The health system did not have an adequate process for notifying staff when a patient was on cont...

In 2013, the facility’s hospital-onset (HO) infection rate for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) ha...

A review of the hospital’s quality indicators revealed an unacceptable rate of catheter-associate...

Although episiotomy was once considered a routine part of childbirth, in recent years, there has ...

The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...

The ultimate goal for patients who are mechanically ventilated is to promptly and safely disconti...

The prevention of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) is a major focus for health care orga...

Reducing inpatient length of stay has a strong impact on value and organizational performance, an...

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a major cause of morbidity and morta...

Senior leadership at Streamwood Behavioral Healthcare System assembled an improvement team to use...

Administration of medications is one of the most error-prone stages in the medication use process...

The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital recently develope...

The AHA's Physician Leadership Forum and Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative have relea...

In January 2015, Southern Illinois Healthcare, based in Carbondale, was awarded an 18-month USDA ...

Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Montana, is working with community stakeholders, inc...

Bassett Medical Center, a 180-bed hospital in Cooperstown, New York, has implemented and sustaine...

Clark Regional Medical Center (CRMC) is a 79 bed, community hospital serving the residents of eas...

Meritus Health’s replacement hospital, Meritus Medical Center, opened five years ago in Washingto...

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...

Throughout the country, primary care is faced with ongoing waves of healthcare reform (e.g. Accou...

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...

For patients, the transition between acute and post-acute care is rife with risk. Even with moder...

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...

As part of the efforts to ensure that all primary care practices across the network are recognize...

Telemedicine, successfully used in many areas of medicine, has yet to be evaluated during the reh...

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...

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 ...

This health care system's unique post-acute care (PAC) continuum of Inpatient Rehabilitation Faci...

Join more than 900 hospitals and health systems and 30 state and metropolitan hospital associatio...

Evidence-based guidelines now support restrictive red blood cell transfusion practices to enhance...

This project aimed to reduce the OR turnover time for total joint cases. Baseline data showed it ...

Patients discharged to home waited an average of 3.5 hours to complete all of the necessary steps...

The project improved the pharmacy to hospital floor Rx process to decrease returns, optimize auto...

Failure to rescue is the failure to recognize or act upon the patient's decline in condition resu...

Hospital readmissions are costly for both patients and facilities. At the time of discharge, pati...

The goal of this project was to decrease the utilization rates of indwelling urinary catheters an...

An accurate home medication list serves as the "source of truth" for the entire process of medica...

The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...

NYU Lutheran Healthcare, Brooklyn, N.Y., created a shared medical appointment program transformin...

Patients are often poorly prepared to manage acute and chronic conditions following their dischar...

Utilization of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Outcomes Improvements, 30-Day Readmissions and Morta...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection is the second most commonly reported hospital-associa...

Central line-associated bloodstream infections continue to be associated with high costs and mort...

During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....

The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...

The hospital implemented a new admissions nurse position in March 2014 to address the quality and...

Their project was an effort to reduce DVT/PE incidence. This case study is part of the Illinois ...

During FY2014, the surgical site infections rate at this academic medical center increased to 21....

The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...

The hospital implemented a new admissions nurse position in March 2014 to address the quality and...

Their project was an effort to reduce DVT/PE incidence. This case study is part of the Illinois H...

Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs direct judicious antimicrobial use to optimize patient outcome...

Maternal cardiac arrest is rare but often fatal. Obstetricians and perinatal nurses are often fir...

The goal was to reduce the delay in patient care by reducing patient wait times, both from reques...

Parental satisfaction with pediatric emergency department visits has been argued to be best predi...

The medical center consistently missed internal quality targets, with a mean HAPU rate for 2007-2...

The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...