Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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

This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...

After learning of the "90 minute" standard of care for providing definitive treatment for cardiac...

The AHA and the American Medical Association collaborated on this paper to present both physician...

United Memorial Medical Center, Batavia, N.Y., focused on patients with congestive heart failure,...

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

This article from Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, ...

Change can be uncomfortable. But no matter how sophisticated, hospitals and health care systems n...

Engaging patients and families in health care can help hospitals achieve the Triple Aim: better c...

During 2011, the hospital joined the IHA Project Re-Engineering Discharge (RED) collaborative to ...

Teamwork between infection control and environmental services professionals at Hunterdon Medical ...

October 6 – 12 is Mental Health Awareness Week. According to estimates, in the United States each...

Zero is an important number at Broward Health North. The 409-bed community hospital in Deerfield ...

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

In 2008, Ellis Hospital launched a medical home at its Ellis Health Center campus. This initiativ...

According to Leapfrog survey results, the hospital’s rate of elective deliveries prior to 39 week...

Georgia Health Sciences Health Augusta, GA632 Beds Georgia Health Sciences Health System consist...

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

Howard University HospitalWashington, DC266 Beds Howard University Hospital is a private, nonpro...

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, a 347-bed public hospital in Bronx, N.Y., has establish...

Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...

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

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

Wrong site surgeries are rare and difficult to study. But most health care organizations recogniz...

Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...

Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...

Evidence-based practice is an essential requirement of professional health care providers. Rural ...

A temporary reduction in pharmacy hours at Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic contributed to med...

Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

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

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

Providing high-quality care to every child has always been the objective at Children's Mercy Hosp...

The answer is: attracting, retaining and developing the best workforce. The question: What is one...

Overcoming transition challenges requires tenacity and teamwork. During a time of transition befo...

Transplant recipients are fragile patients, at high risk for infections and fluid and electrolyte...

A focus on wellness to provide better health and better health care is part of the AHA's Health F...

For expectant mothers at risk for childbirth complications, the OB assist team at Abington (Pa.) ...

As the automobile industry in Flint, Mich., has declined, area residents have faced significant s...

"There are two jobs at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, Utica, N.Y. "taking care of patients directl...

The Problem According to the CDC, 248,000 bloodstream infections occur in U.S. hospitals each ye...

The Problem While all facitilites aspire to limit the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumon...

The Problem According to a study published online by Health Affairs on January 15, 2008, the med...

The Problem The women and infants department's lean journey began in early 2006 when a local hos...

The Problem Nurses have always stuggled with balancing time between their workloads. Employee sa...

The Problem The emergency department corrective action team began May 2, 2007 with the mission s...

The Problem In 2007, the Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality partnered with the Michi...

The Problem The infection rate in the NICU at Charleston Area Medical Center was 18 percent in 2...