Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

In 2015, the geriatric and palliative care team at South Nassau Communities Hospital sponsored a ...

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

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

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

Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...

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

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

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

Tufts Medical Center made a decision to create its own quality improvement training for its workf...

Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital Physician’s Organization implem...

Boston Children’s Hospital and its associated pediatric primary care physicians organization coll...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals that demonstrate progress in achieving ...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals that demonstrate progress in achieving ...

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

Kennedy Health Decreases Sepsis BackgroundKennedy Health is an integrated health delivery system...

The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...

This project aimed to reduce the OR turnover time for total joint cases. Baseline data showed it ...

Nine in 10 adults in the community lacked the literacy skills to manage their health and prevent ...

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

As hospitals expand their focus on providing equitable care, attention on those who are lesbian, ...

The work to advance health care equity is always evolving, always improving at Henry Ford Health ...

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...

The Wisconsin Quality of Life Index is a multidimensional model for measuring patients’ quality o...

Building successful partnerships with patients and families may be a key strategy in a hospital’s...

To truly transform care, hospitals and care systems must effectively engage patients and their fa...

The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...

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

Working toward the Triple Aim of better care, better health and lower cost means achieving the go...

Presence Saint Joseph Hospital, a 184-bed facility in Elgin, Illinois, examined quality metrics t...

St. John's Hospital, a 431-bed facility in Springfield, Illinois, used best practices and peer-to...

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

Matching patients with primary care physicians was top priority of this project improvement by th...

Matching patients with primary care physicians was top priority of this project improvement by th...

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

The foundation of all efforts to identify disparities, improve quality, achieve equity and delive...

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

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

“Once a patient believes that you [the provider] understand them, we think the healing begins,” s...

There is a need for greater understanding of the factors that lead to improved process quality an...

Providing world-class quality health care may seem an audacious goal for a small or rural hospita...

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

Preventing hospital-acquired infections, reducing surgical complications and reducing readmission...

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

After more than a decade of war, many U.S. military service members have experienced an unprecede...

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

Patients are becoming empowered. As health care consumers, they are reviewing publicly available ...

Learn from the best of the best. The 2013 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® recipients will s...

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

At North Shore-LIJ Health System, teamwork is everywhere. This New York health system uses TeamST...

Research shows that when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable imp...

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...

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

More than 64 million surgeries are performed annually in the United States. Preventing surgical s...

Ensuring the highest quality for patient care means continuously reviewing processes and outcomes...

The National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quali...

 HPOE is pleased to highlight case studies from the Illinois Hospital Association’s Institute f...

The University of Michigan Health System used lean management and the plan-do-check-act cycle to ...

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

Year after year, America’s hospitals respond to meet pressing community health care needs. In 200...

During 2012, despite economic challenges, hospitals and health care systems throughout the United...

The 2012 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality award winners and finalists are highlighted in this webin...

"Commitment to caring" and "quality improvement" and"patient engagement" are more than catchphras...

"Commitment to caring" and "quality improvement" and"patient engagement" are more than catchphras...

Cigna’s Collaborative Accountable Care initiative provides financial incentives to physician grou...

The Florida Hospital Association is proud to recognize the 2012 Celebration of Achievement in Qua...

Annual analysis of the health care of a record number of Americans by the National Committee for ...

It is widely recognized that there is more work needed to eliminate preventable harm in the U.S. ...

Beginning in 2014, the reporting of clinical quality measures will change for all providers. Elec...

A just culture. A culture of transparency. A patient-first culture. Culture transformation at Uni...

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

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

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

Hospitals are on a never-ending journey of quality improvement—employing new technologies and tec...

Secondary analysis of data from two studies examining palliative care in rural areas was conducte...

Continuous. Quality. Improvement. To achieve that goal, Meriter Hospital, a 448-bed facility in M...

Every four years, the Olympic Games recognize athletes on a quest to be the best in their chosen ...

The Standardized Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric ESRD (SCOPE) Quality Collaborative helps d...

University Hospitals Case Medical Center has undergone a decade-long cultural transformation to a...

Small but mighty describes Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hosp...

Quality is the first word that comes to mind when we talk about the American Hospital Association...

This study advocates for a highly structured electronic health record with real-time alerts and d...

Resurrection Medical Center had a percutaneous coronary intervention within 90 minutes compliance...

Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...

During this webinar, hear how AnMed Health is applying the principles of REaL (race, ethnicity an...

Occupying a five-block campus on Chicago's west side and serving an area that stretches about 15 ...

This web seminar highlighted improvements in staff training and building the culturally competent...

The results from a 32-month long national collaborative, Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac...

The 2011 recipients of the annual John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards.  The award...

This toolkit is designed to help your hospital understand the Quality Indicators from AHRQ, and s...

An interactive map showing quality initiatives by state

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

Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...

University of Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, MS623 Beds The Problem University of Mississipp...

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

The closed-door discussion focused on the best practices of organizations that have won or were f...