Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

One out of five Americans, or over 40 million people, struggle with behavioral health each day. I...

Nurses have always been on the front lines at hospitals providing quality, compassionate care for...

Like many hospitals, SBH Health System uses the computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system. ...

This joint HPOE and Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital webinar discus...

Inappropriate stress ulcer prophylaxis is a serious problem across the health care continuum. Lit...

As a health organization that serves communities disproportionately affected by asthma, Sinai Hea...

The utilization review staff at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital examines medical records for inpati...

State and regional hospital associations across the United States are recognizing hospitals and h...

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

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

A new HPOE Guide “Increasing Supplier Diversity in Health Care” provides action steps and case st...

This paper illustrates ONC’s 10-year vision for advancing health IT capabilities in a manner that...

During the 2013-14 influenza season, an emergency preparedness mass influenza vaccination drill w...

The Healthy You program was designed to enhance whole person health of the hospital's team member...

As part of Blueprint for Health (a statewide, public-private initiative authorized by the Vermont...

Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...

With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, decisions made at the state level pla...

The Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development recently released the report Bridging ...

In conjunction with Health Services Research, this webinar showcases health IT developments in th...

Whether cheering for soccer, tennis, baseball, softball or another sport, fans no doubt have witn...

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...

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

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

A new member of the health care team is helping to improve clinical outcomes and patient experien...

The United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration office released...

The Community Health Systems Development Team at the Georgia Health Policy Center has developed a...

The Collaborative on Reducing Hospital Readmissions GoalUnderstand readmission causes and adopt ...

Southeastern Health, Lumberton, N.C. 452 beds 16,000 impatient admissions 76,000 emergency d...

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (Glendale, Wis.) 11 hospitals, 70 clinic sites, three long-term ...

This annual survey of employers provides a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health c...

Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the flagship publication of the AHA, has put together a web...

How do you successfully integrate behavioral health and primary care? A recent HPOE webinar highl...

Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital and Northern Counties Health Care, Inc.,  have had a long-...

Telepsychiatry is playing a pivotal role in providing timely care to hospitalized mental health p...

The medical center’s mission was to reduce the C. difficile rate from 26.7 cases per 10,000 patie...

Sentara HealthcareNorfolk, VA Sentara Healthcare is a nonprofit health care system headquartered...

Physicians' steady interest in hospital employment — a trend that has accelerated in recent years...

Electronic Health Records implementation is still highly heterogeneous across health care systems...

Three hazards involve health IT system-related technologies While today's health technology adva...

This article explores eight of the most challenging and interesting issues that hospital leaders ...

The Affordable Care Act enacts a new payment system for private health plans available to Medicar...

AHRMM is the premier membership group for health care supply chain and materials management profe...

With more than 11,000 members, ASHE is the largest association devoted to optimizing the health c...

ASHHRA of the AHA, is the leading membership organization exclusively dedicated to meeting the pr...

Established in 1980, ASHRM is a personal membership group of the AHA with nearly 6,000 members re...

SHSMD is the premier organization for 4,000 health care professionals responsible for strategy de...

Health Forum provides communications, information, education and research products and services t...

This journal article sought to determine the effects of EHRs on ambulatory quality in a community...

Background: Assessment of patient safety culture has recently expanded in inpatient settings, but...

The Association for the Healthcare Environment represents directors, managers, supervisors, suppl...

Background: Despite increasing recognition that patients could play an important role in promotin...

An Alliance for Health Reform Toolkit produced with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundati...

This discussion paper analyzes factors that attribute to  better outcomes at lower costs. The aut...

After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

Roseland Community Hospital joined the Illinois Foundation for Quality Healthcare, the quality im...

Best practices from the Surgical Care Improvement Project have been implemented to reduce the inc...

For people with diabetes, getting the proper treatment for foot wounds can prevent lingering prob...

As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced...

In this study of 1,421 employees, we examined how different presentations of information affect t...

As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced...

Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

Olean General Hospital is one of only a few community hospitals in the nation to offer a center o...

Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...

In 2005, North Shore University Hospital's president and chief executive officer made a commitmen...

This commentary presents a model developed to explore how health information technology affects c...

This report provides a detailed discussion of baseline health spending by state of residence (per...

Frequently Asked Questions regarding implementation of the market reform provisions of the Affor...

Oregon's community hospitals are committed to working together to produce high-quality patient ca...

The National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2011, updates a series of comprehensive...

Vermont begins building a single-payer health system that will move many state residents into a p...

This P2P Series presents case studies of hospitals improving their environments to better support...

The Rand Health Insurance Experiment found that patients had little or no control over their hea...

Reining in health care costs has become a central policy challenge for government and a pressing ...

This report summarizes the results of that survey, which indicated that overall influenza vaccina...

This sponsored supplement explores the challenges of investing for lower-cost devices, services a...

The report defines the meaning of value in health care, provides an overview of the current state...

An analysis of the current market

Why Is Focusing On Preventable Mortality Important?Hospital leaders work hard every day to provid...

 The purpose of this guide is to provide hospitals with a resource to help reduce inappropriate v...

This paper discusses how new technologies can be applied to improve the health of populations and...

The article discusses how the Beacon community program has leveraged health information technolog...

Due to the size and breadth of their organizations, multi-hospital health system leaders have a s...

The content of this best-practices guide, and the process by which it was assembled, are emblemat...

The Problem St. Francis struggled getting non-emergent patients from the door to an ED bed in a ...

This article discusses the role of information technology to achieve population health goals.