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Featured All AHA webinars are free of charge but require advance registration. AHA does not offer continui...
A complete list of every HPOE/HRET guide created since 2010. This list features nearly 80 guides ...
Improving the health of communities where people live, work and play is more important than ever....
This project explains how a multisite, outpatient breast cancer and lymphedema rehabilitation pro...
The organization used Lean Six Sigma process techniques to identify and support improved efficien...
As nonprofit hospitals in the U.S. complete a community health needs assessments (CHNA) process, ...
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...
As one of only two hospitals in Yuma County, Yuma District Hospital and Clinic (YDHC) can ascerta...
Across the United States, nonprofit hospitals are conducting community health needs assessments, ...
In January 2015, Southern Illinois Healthcare, based in Carbondale, was awarded an 18-month USDA ...
Funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Serv...
State and regional hospital associations across the United States are recognizing hospitals and h...
St. Joseph Health, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, a 208-bed hospital in Napa, California, is...
A collaborative network of hospitals and community organizations is improving behavioral health c...
Sanpete Valley Hospital, a critical access hospital in Mount Pleasant, Utah, is leading behaviora...
The American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) released the Nurse Executive Competencies: P...
CDMHC’s innovative programs divert hundreds of patients from the hospitals and emergency departme...
This case study presents the story of CareSouth Carolina and the Northeastern Rural Health Networ...
The Alliance for a Healthier South Carolina is an unprecedented volunteer collaboration of more t...
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...
Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital's care transition program successfully reduced all-cause ...
The Heathcare Association of New York State announced its 2015 Community Health Improvement award...
This infographic provides a summary of the HPOE guide “Partnering to Improve Quality and Safety: ...
In 2008, the two hospital systems partnered with the city of Whittier, the YMCA of Greater Whitti...
This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...
The concept of the Triple Aim is widely used, partially because of IHI’s work with many organiza...
The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...
The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...
After learning of the "90 minute" standard of care for providing definitive treatment for cardiac...
July 2009-October 2011 baseline data for the blood culture contamination rate in the ED showed it...
Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...
The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...
To align the hospital ministry with the needs of the community and to reduce avoidable health car...
Patient engagement is paramount to reducing readmissions and improving quality of life. That’s wh...
Lake Placid and Tupper Lake, nursing homes that are part of Adirondack Health, Saranac Lake, N.Y....
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...
The Muskegon Community Health Project, in partnership with Mercy Health Partners, is an inclusive...
The heart failure program began in 1995. The hospital developed a multidisciplinary heart failure...
Ascension Health created a business unit called Transformational Development. It is charged with ...
Hospital leaders struggle to provide effective care coordination to vulnerable populations. In 2...
When hospitals care for victims of violence, it provides a window of opportunity to interrupt the...
The Road to Better Health Spartanburg has proven that working collectively and in partnership wit...
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, worked to create a highly reliable system for follow up ...
Making incremental changes and collaborating with area hospitals and community organizations have...
OSF Healthcare, Peoria, Ill., wanted to improve the care of patients experiencing an ST elevation...
Improving population health is a must-do strategy in transforming health care delivery. Yale New ...
As our nation's population becomes more diverse, health care organizations are continuously prese...
After identifying inequities with affordable access to primary care services and an uncoordinated...
St. Joseph Regional Health Center went on a Lean journey to not only save money, but improve the ...
Providing world-class quality health care may seem an audacious goal for a small or rural hospita...
Results from an Association for Community Health Improvement and American Hospital Association Su...
Research shows that when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable imp...
In California, about 16 percent of the adult population, more than 4 million people, have mental ...
Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health CenterWindsor, VT60 Beds The Problem Mt. Ascutney Hospital and ...
Children diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavior disorders need q...
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center and Cheyenne Health and Wellness Center partner on several initi...
In 2008, Ellis Hospital launched a medical home at its Ellis Health Center campus. This initiativ...
Davis Health System is a health care network that includes 90-bed Davis Memorial Hospital, 12-bed...
The goal was to eliminate all variances in the clinical process measures to ensure that patients ...
Project Perlas is a community-based participatory research project addressing disparities in mamm...
Year after year, America’s hospitals respond to meet pressing community health care needs. In 200...
Kaiser PermanenteOakland, CAKaiser Permanente is a health care provider and nonprofit health plan...
Helen DeVos Children’s HospitalGrand Rapids, MI212 Beds Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital examined...
Geisinger Health SystemDanville, PA545 Beds Geisinger Health System is an integrated health serv...
Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA229 Beds Cambridge Health Alliance is an integrated health...
One successful initiative can lead to another. A “nurse transitionist” program at Western Marylan...
While there is broad agreement on the general concepts defining patient-centered medical homes, l...
Accelerating Care Integration Lack of care coordination and integration was identified as a majo...
UNC Hospitals is committed to providing a patient-centered care environment. A team of leaders is...
Fairfield Memorial Hospital identified the need to improve the patient experience in the emergenc...
This webinar highlighted the essential elements within care coordination strategies for the dual ...
Teamwork benefits seniors, too. A partnership between Wishard Health Services?a large safety net ...
In 2009, North Central Bronx Hospital analyzed data from its diabetes registry to identify opport...
Adventist HealthCareRockville, Maryland1,045 Beds The Problem Adventist HealthCare created the C...
Commonwealth Care Alliance Boston, MA The Problem Commonwealth Care Alliance, which functions bo...
Compassionate Care is a nationally recognized case management program through which Aetna's Medic...
Summa Health SystemAkron, OH461 Beds The Problem Summa Health System serves a five county region...
Wishard Health ServicesIndianapolis, IN293 Beds The Problem Geriatric Resources for Assessment ...
AtlantiCareAtlantic City, NJ538 Beds The Problem The Special Care Center is a primary care cente...
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx, NY1,418 Beds The Problem Montefiore Medical Center is a large, a...
Care coordination is challenging for complex and vulnerable patient populations. Montefiore Medic...
Treating U.S. veterans with mental illness and substance use disorders is more expensive than car...
The Affordable Care Act includes several provisions designed to encourage greater coordination an...
This white paper introduces an overall approach and tools designed to support two processes: the ...
n response to growing interest from the hospital community in better understanding and improving ...
This brief, based on site visits from Nov. 2009 through March 2010, highlights care coordination ...
This guide was created to share best practices and key lessons from innovative organizations on a...
The US Department of Veterans Affairs comprehensive Clinical Practice program brings together VA ...
The federal health reform legislation includes several demonstration projects that will be held i...
Aesop?s fable "The Bundle of Sticks" teaches a lesson in working together: "Union gives strength....
The Problem Almost 20 percent of Medicare beneficiaries are readmitted to the hospital within 30...
Mercy has participated in developing a network of health care providers and community agencies to...