Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Equity of Care Webinar SeriesPart 2: Aligning Diversity and Inclusion, Community Engagement, Busi...

Equity of Care Webinar SeriesPart 1: Aligning Diversity and Inclusion, Community Engagement, Busi...

“Transportation and the Role of Hospitals” is part of a series of guides and resources released b...

HRET and Million Hearts® hosted a webinar on cardiac rehabilitation (CR), a comprehensive seconda...

Schuyler Hospital’s Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Schuyler initiative offers various opport...

This compendium features detailed descriptions of hospital-community partnerships from across the...

It has become widely known that effective hospital-community partnerships are necessary in buildi...

“Housing and the Role of Hospitals” is the second guide released by the AHA, HRET and ACHI as par...

Advancing population health involves fostering effective and sustainable hospital-community partn...

As part of our work to Advance Health in America, the AHA, HRET and ACHI are launching a series o...

Though health care professionals at hospitals work tirelessly to help patients get and stay healt...

The American Hospital Association and the Health Research & Educational Trust are working to supp...

As we close out National Mental Health Awareness month, I’d like to highlight a noteworthy effort...

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

On May 7, 2017, I swore an oath to become the 118th chairman of the American Hospital Association...

This weekend kicks off a not-to-be-missed event for hospital and health system leaders: the AHA’s...

This HPOE and American Hospital Association Section for Maternal and Child Health webinar is abou...

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

I have been so proud to see America’s hospitals and health systems speak so passionately on behal...

Stony Brook University Hospital coordinated efforts with its emergency department and ambulatory ...

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...

The work of a Washington D.C. collaborative of hospitals and FQHCs is benefiting the entire commu...

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

The next generation of community health will serve as the foundation for total population health....

Community health initiatives that start with small successes can lead to bigger changes. St. Cath...

The 2017 chair files will begin highlighting efforts that are improving community health beyond t...

The Association for Healthcare Volunteer Resource Professionals created a guide to help hospitals...

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

BackgroundHenry Ford Health System is a not-for-profit corporation composed of hospitals, medical...

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

BackgroundOchsner Health System in southeast Louisiana manages 13 hospitals and more than 40 heal...

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

The 2016 chairman's columns have focused on  inspiring stories about hospitals and health systems...

All future performance improvement projects will address health care disparities. That’s the comm...

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

Increasingly, hospitals and health systems are forming partnerships to attain the new and demandi...

Hospitals are helping students with disabilities transition from school to the workplace. Mat-Su ...

Focusing on community needs using a data-driven approach and local resources has improved care fo...

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

In 2016, Cleveland Clinic was honored by the American Hospital Association (AHA) with its Equity ...

Hospitals can create a culture of health in their own organization and in the community by develo...

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

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

As consumers increasingly rely on information and reviews from a variety of sources to access all...

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

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...

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

This health system's employee influenza vaccination policy compliance rate was less than 70 perce...

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...

While the implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ venous thromboembolism ...

The problem faced by the health system was the lack of a coordinated approach for the review and ...

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

Hospital readmissions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failu...

This project explains how a multisite, outpatient breast cancer and lymphedema rehabilitation pro...

Staff at this community-based rural hospital in northwest Illinois that treats more than 18,000 e...

The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...

Advance care planning is a critical element of wellness for all adult patients, regardless of dia...

The Community Health Network (CHN) targets the socioeconomic determinants of health that are not ...

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

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

The goal was to reduce anesthesia's postoperative evaluation errors to less than 10 percent of al...

The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...

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

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

This project has decreased cycle time for medication reconciliation at time of admission and for ...

Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...

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

The goal of this project was to reduce the incidence of contrast-induced neuropathy (CIN) as a re...

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 emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...

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 organization initiated a project identified by the Infection Control Committee to reduce Fole...

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

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

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

A history as a resource-challenged urban safety net hospital with a high-risk population, a lack ...

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

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

Sepsis is a medical condition with high rates of morbidity, mortality and cost and it is the most...

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

The project includes a hard stop chain of command. When scheduling an induction or C-section, the...

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

The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's quality award submissions are highlighted on HPOE....

A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...

According to published research data, the majority of cardiac stent patients have no additional r...

The clinic throughput time was viewed as excessive and lacked standardized best practices. A new ...

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

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

Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...

By using evidence-based medicine and hardwiring concurrent review, HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Hig...

Inconsistencies in the discharge process provide an opportunity to standardize that process, redu...

Surgery case cancellation rates OSF Center for Health were 10.5 percent over six months. This cre...

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