Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

There is a critical need to elevate the discussion around workforce planning and development to e...

  The patient experience is more important today than ever before, with payments tied to patie...

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

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

After reducing health care-acquired deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE) in 2011,...

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

Restraint documentation was a challenge at the hospital for multiple reasons, including the imple...

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

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

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

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

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...

The project focused on managing sepsis in the emergency department and in admitted patients, with...

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...

This project involves raising awareness and expanding the palliative care program at HSHS St. Joh...

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

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

This HPOE guide, a collaboration with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering, explores w...

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

A house wide effort was lead this year to teach and embed continuous improvement methodology and ...

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

Tufts Medical Center made a decision to create its own quality improvement training for its workf...

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...

Under the leadership of the Process Improvement (PI) Department, the organization has been drivin...

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

Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that diagnostic care for patients who were referred within the...

The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) developed this compendium to link patient and fami...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals that demonstrate progress in achieving ...

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

Broadens view of care delivery from hospital-based practice to the entire bundle episode (30-days...

This AHRQ video vignette  illustrates how to engage dialysis patients in infection prevention....

Patient and family engagement is associated with fewer adverse events, lower health care costs, d...

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

Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...

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

Falls prevention continues to be a focus on all patient units and is a priority for safe care thr...

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

The C. diff collaborative is an ongoing initiative that was developed to improve the early identi...

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

The Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence website highlights quality improvement stories at hundreds...

Read about how patient and family engagement practices are related to patient experiences. This s...

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

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

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

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

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

The Institute for Diversity in Health Management, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, works close...

St. John's implemented a web-based business intelligence platform that integrates physician quali...

A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...

Teams of individuals who communicate effectively dramatically reduce the consequences of human er...

Variation and delays in the early mobilization of patients in the ICU can result in an increased ...

A Safe Patient Handling program (SPH) was initiated in 2006. A SPH vendor was chosen based upon e...

The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...

Hospital Menonita de Aibonito, a 150-bed facility in Aibonito, Puerto Rico, used best practices a...

Hospital Menonita de Cayey, a 208-bed facility in Cayey, Puerto Rico, used best practices and pee...

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

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

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

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

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

Womansplace Crisis Center is committed to working toward the elimination of violence against wome...

Research shows that when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable imp...

This resource gives hospital and health system leaders concrete, practical steps grounded on evid...

Children diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavior disorders need q...

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

Greenville Health SystemGreenville, South Carolina786 Beds The Problem The diversity of the lead...

The treatment of asthma requires cultural and linguistic sensitivity. Ideal treatment options req...

A collaborative effort among Harborview Medical Center, two massage schools, the Southeast Seattl...

This case study describes an evidence-based residency program that applies to an international au...

Beginning in August 2007, the Arizona Department of Health Services' Health Disparities Center or...

In order to deliver the highest quality and most appropriate health care, Georgia Health Sciences...

While there is broad agreement on the general concepts defining patient-centered medical homes, l...

Many physicians are becoming employees of hospitals, medical groups or affiliate organizations. F...

There is widespread agreement that the current fee-for-service approach to paying for health care...

As part of Franciscan St. James Health's commitment to improve the surgery processes, the hospita...

Obstructive sleep apnea is an often unrecognized contributing cause for respiratory failure in ho...

Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...

The results from a 32-month long national collaborative, Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac...

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

The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...

University HospitalsCleveland, OH1,032 Beds The Problem To address the changing demographics of ...

AIM focuses care on people with advanced illness, which often involves more than one chronic diag...

Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...

This report provides a guide to conducting health impact assessments. It stresses the importance ...

In the fall of 2008, perioperative leaders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., conduc...

This certified CME/CE activity focuses on caring for patients with chronic pain in the hospital ...

This certified CME/CE series is designed to heighten the awareness of and adherence to evidence-b...

The paper makes recommendations for enhancing QI efforts in health care, including providing stro...

Treating U.S. veterans with mental illness and substance use disorders is more expensive than car...

The SUNY Downsstate Medical Center kidney transplant team identified an increase in the differenc...

This white paper introduces an overall approach and tools designed to support two processes: the ...

The guide is a resource for those interested or already engaged in quality improvement initiative...

This 46-page document reviews the history of Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives and consi...