Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

March 12-18, 2017, is Patient Safety Awareness Week, led by the National Patient Safety Foundatio...

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

At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...

In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...

Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...

Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...

The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...

The organization used both discrete event and live simulation methodologies to ensure the smooth ...

Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...

High rates of hospital readmissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...

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

Overutilizing blood transfusions adds significant costs and can increase patient length of stay a...

A health system in rural Minnesota has helped develop an innovative model to prevent prescription...

A vigorous approach to quality improvement at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill., is ac...

The Sunday Shoes Program is an innovative solution to help heart failure patients monitor weight ...

Ten years ago, Mercy began telemedicine in its ICUs to improve patient outcomes. Today the St. Lo...

By adopting a supplier diversity program, hospitals and health care systems can support minority-...

Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...

Hospitals strive to achieve the Triple Aim. This collection of case studies features three exampl...

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

Baseball managers tinker with team lineups to improve results on the field, and hospitals can do ...

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

In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...

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

The goal of this project was to reduce the amount of global office visits by using Lean Six Sigma...

What does it take to be a winner? Children's Hospital Colorado received the 2015 AHA-McKesson Que...

Addressing the complex needs of older patients and their caregivers is the focus of the Bridge Mo...

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

Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center established the Quality Excellence Council at the beg...

Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

In the 2010 reporting period (July 2009-June 2010), the medical center’s incidence of early elect...

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

To align the hospital ministry with the needs of the community and to reduce avoidable health car...

Noting an upward trend in central line-associated blood stream infections, the hospital joined th...

Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident ca...

Protecting workers from exposure to all types of respiratory hazards is an important issue for ho...

This toolkit from OSHA is availalbe to the public and contains references, educational resources ...

Based on the consultant’s recommendations, Lee Memorial’s (Fort Myers, Fla.) senior management de...

The heart failure program began in 1995. The hospital developed a multidisciplinary heart failure...

Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

Children with cystic fibrosis have better lung function and survival rates if their body mass ind...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize annually honors hospitals and health systems that contin...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize annually honors hospitals and health systems that contin...

Hospitals and care systems across the country are engaged in quality improvement efforts to impro...

Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviat...

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

Cybersecurity vulnerabilities and intrusions pose risks for every hospital and its reputation. Wh...

With the rise in higher-deductible health plans and coinsurance, Americans are paying an increasi...

The culture of an organization can actively support the commitment of its workforce by providing ...

The hospital applied for the Joint Commission certification as a Primary Stroke Center. In order...

The patient experience as measured by patient satisfaction scores is an organizational goal. In t...

Hospitals pursuing environmental sustainability are not only contributing to healthier communitie...

Hospitals and health care systems can support their missions and also many additional benefits by...

Transition coaches may be the “glue” between hospital visits and primary care. So says Julie Cann...

This guide explains why hospital leaders should explore sustainability strategies for their organ...

Approximately 11,000 fatal patient falls occur in U.S. hospitals annually, but hospitals using ne...

This podcast series explores a variety of different topics around patient safety and performance ...

The health care industry is shifting from volume- to value-based payment and care delivery models...

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

St. Joseph Regional Health Center went on a Lean journey to not only save money, but improve the ...

This guide is a synopsis of a conversation held at the Association for Healthcare Resource & Mate...

Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals and health systems that have...

Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals and health systems that have...

Lean transformation means improved patient care, employee satisfaction and reduced costs as MSHA ...

Goal-Save lives, reduce suffering and lower costs related to complications of surgery. Developed...

This report highlights five years of quality improvement among Florida hospitals. It highlights "...

Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network GoalsReduce patient harm by 40 percent and ...

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

St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn. 396 licensed beds Full-service teaching hospi...

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

Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

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

Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

In July 2013, the AHA released another collection of action-oriented resources that can help hosp...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality prize honors hospitals that have a committed in a systemic man...

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

Throughout the past decade, there has been a substantial increase in the national frequency of po...

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...

There were between 462,000 and 636,000 CLABSIs in nonneonatal critical care patients in the Unite...

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

Emergency department overcrowding has created patient throughput challenges with 2012 volume alre...

Early and safe mobility of critically ill patients in a cardiovascular surgical intensive care un...

After identification of an opportunity to reduce CAUTIs, leadership headed an initiative to reduc...

Harm/hospital-acquired condition reports were sent to each hospital. In reviewing both campuses, ...

To reduce the time to first dose of antibiotics to directly admitted pediatric oncology patients ...

The critical care unit identified VAP as an area for improvement, with three VAPs from May-July 2...

Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...

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

An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...

This webinar provided an understanding of how scientific operations management and IHO Variabilit...

The glycemic collaborative is an ongoing, multidisciplinary initiative developed to improve blood...

Written by HRET staff member Cynthia Hedges Greising and AHA-NPSF Comprehensive Patient Safety Fe...

Griffin HospitalDerby, CT160 Beds Griffin Hospital is the flagship hospital for Planetree, Inc.,...

Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders were at a higher risk of po...

In August 2010, the Center for Transforming Healthcare launched its fourth project which aims to ...