Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Transportation and the Role of Hospitals This AHA webinar on “Transportation and the Role of Hos...

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

As a new generation of payment and delivery system reform emerges, much focus has been on a subse...

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

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

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...

This HPOE and the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) webinar focuses on how two hea...

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

Nearly 1,500 hospitals and health systems are participating in the AHA’s #123forEquity Pledge to ...

April is National Minority Health Month, dedicated to raising awareness about health disparities ...

You may not know Rachelle Schultz of Winona, MN—but you probably can appreciate the concerns she ...

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

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

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

Communities around the country are experiencing challenges in preventing substance use. For some ...

In response to a rapidly transforming health care environment, hospitals and health systems acros...

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

A complete list of every HPOE/HRET guide created since 2010. This list features nearly 80 guides ...

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

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

Hospitals and health systems are working hard to ensure that every person in every community rece...

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

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

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize recognizes leadership and innovation in quality improvem...

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

Adirondack Health is working with multiple sectors of the community, such as the Franklin County ...

Here’s an excellent opportunity for health care executives to study and discuss pressing health c...

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

In July 2016, the AHA/HRET Hospital Engagement Network (HEN) 2.0 hosted a state hospital associat...

Since September 2015, the American Hospital Association (AHA)/Health Research & Educational Trust...

A health care collaboration in rural Missouri is expanding patient access to primary and behavior...

The St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center created a Hypoglycemic Task Force to recognize and decrea...

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

Using the Triple Aim framework, hospitals and health systems can effectively address behavioral h...

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

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

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

The hospital identified an opportunity to improve its discharge planning process to allow more ti...

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...

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...

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

Today, about one out of three children and adolescents ages 2-19 in the United States is overweig...

This project was based on a multidisciplinary approach that focused on the admission process for ...

Turnaround time for immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains in the laboratory of a 500 bed tertiary car...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

The medical center has made significant progress in improving physician-patient communication thr...

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

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

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

The blood bank relocated to a new hospital facility while the labor and delivery (L&D) unit remai...

This academic medical center developed and implemented a program to improve outcomes and reduce r...

“Every staff member counts” and “every patient counts.” With this mantra, AllianceHealth Pryor in...

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...

This HPOE guide, developed by Kaufman Hall, provides key considerations in partnering for populat...

Post-discharge phone calls are best practice, but multiple phone calls can confuse and frustrate ...

A “Germ Crusher” challenge at Children’s Hospital Colorado brought together leadership, staff, pa...

This guide features case studies of the 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize winner and finalists. These ex...

Hospitals and health systems continually push to improve the health of their communities. Massach...

Demand for Brockton Neighborhood Health Center (BNHC) accelerated after it started in 1994 as a m...

Codman Square Health Center in downtown Dorchester, MA exemplifies how a health center can build ...

North Country HealthCare is a federally qualified health center serving fourteen communities in n...

Claremont Village is a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) public housing development in the ...

A powerful tool for hospitals to address priority health needs of their patient population and th...

This AHA report provides a review of the current state for the behavioral health workforce, outli...

Rates of inpatient medication errors range from 45 to 76 percent, with most errors occurring on-a...

Over the past 20 years, nursing homes have been undertaking a cultural transition to look and fee...

The link between hunger, food insecurity and poor health has been clearly acknowledged as a serio...

Hospitals and faith organizations are collaborating to improve health care outcomes and organize ...

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

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

Norwood Hospital is a full-service, 263-bed community hospital in Norwood, Massachusetts. In 2013...

Children’s Hospital Colorado launched a fun, hospital-wide hand hygiene challenge called “Germ Cr...

The new HPOE  guide “Triple Aim Strategies to Improve Behavioral Health Care” describes strategie...

The premise of this project was that failure to maintain a patient's respect and dignity represen...

The collaborative was launched by Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care in 2012 to trans...

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

As the conventional analogy notes, change occurs when an organization finds itself atop a burning...

In 2012, a physician-led Pioneer accountable care organization recognized an opportunity to bette...

North Shore Medical Center aims to provide the perfect patient experience based on evidence-based...

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

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

Children with complex medical conditions have a broad range of medical, social and supportive nee...