Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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....

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

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

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

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

The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital recently develope...

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

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

This HPOE guide, a collaboration with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering, explores w...

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...

Leadership, innovation and commitment to quality and safety—all are needed to deliver exceptional...

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...

Patient and family engagement is associated with fewer adverse events, lower health care costs, d...

Erie County Medical Center's "boots on the floor" initiative began by hiring five full-time patie...

NYU Lutheran Healthcare, Brooklyn, N.Y., created a shared medical appointment program transformin...

Read about how patient and family engagement practices are related to patient experiences. This s...

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: ...

The concept of the Triple Aim is  widely used, partially because of IHI’s work with many organiza...

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 ...

Palmetto Health has pursued multiple initiatives and strategies to promote a healthy community an...

Parental satisfaction with pediatric emergency department visits has been argued to be best predi...

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

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and CVS Health will colaborate to put lifesaving...

South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, N.Y., focused on educating patients with chronic co...

The Muskegon Community Health Project, in partnership with Mercy Health Partners, is an inclusive...

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...

Hospitals and care systems are uniquely positioned to play an integral role preventing violence i...

Working with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this infographic summarizes the findings of a re...

The Road to Better Health Spartanburg has proven that working collectively and in partnership wit...

Truven Health Analytics discusses key areas of focus for hospitals and care systems that want to ...

Excellent patient-centered care is the goal of a program implemented by the team at McDonough Dis...

Norwegian American Hospital, Chicago, improved both influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates ...

With the rise in higher-deductible health plans and coinsurance, Americans are paying an increasi...

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

Together with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, HRET shared the results of a survey that stu...

The “second curve” of population health involves an integrated approach to improving patient and ...

Rooftop gardens are flourishing atop more and more hospitals. On unused roof space at Castle Medi...

Healthy Communities of Clinton County Coalition Two teams of community members--a coalition of h...

This resource gives hospital and health system leaders concrete, practical steps grounded on evid...

Children diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavior disorders need q...

The AHA's Committee on Research developed the report, "Engaging Health Care Users: A Framework fo...

The Illinois Department of Public Health, Center for Minority Services is using mobile messaging ...

Good patient/provider communication correlates with greater patient satisfaction, increased patie...

Effective care transitions programs can do more than improve patient care: patients learn to mana...

The AHA’s framework for health reform, Health for Life, embraces the need to engage patients and ...

From flexible visiting hours to family-centered rounds, hospitals are encouraging patients and fa...

Imagine being hospitalized for a serious illness and being unable to communicate with nurses or d...

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...

Emory HealthcareAtlanta, GA Emory Healthcare, a large academic teaching system, deployed a patie...

Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA229 Beds Cambridge Health Alliance is an integrated health...

Informed Medical Decisions FoundationBoston, MAThe Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, founded...

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

Atlantic Health SystemNew Jersey1,308 Beds Atlantic Health System owns and operates Morristown M...

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH577 Beds Cincinnati Children’s Hospit...

Southcentral FoundationAnchorage, AK150 beds A nonprofit health care organization owned by the A...

Medicine involves decisions. But for Medicare patients with conditions for which surgery is an op...

 For baby boomers, the peak interest in health issues comes at about age 51, with a second peak c...

When patients are given decision aids, such as educational booklets, DVDs, or interactive tools, ...

SHCA is a not-for-profit health care organization dedicated to serving those who advocate in the ...

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

A recent article from the Los Angeles Times looks at how the traditional doctor-patient relations...

UNC Hospitals is committed to providing a patient-centered care environment. A team of leaders is...

It?s estimated that patients remember and understand about half of the information they receive f...

A multidisciplinary team was developed with objectives to provide clear, easy to understand educa...

This brief describes how decisionmakers can encourage a model of care that truly reflects the nee...

The goal of this initiative was to improve patient flow, outcomes, and experience, as well as com...

The Joint Academy is a multidisciplinary team approach that begins in the community with orthoped...

At Mountainside Residential Care Center's resident council, residents requested an improved dinin...

The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

Wishard Health ServicesIndianapolis, IN293 Beds  The Problem Geriatric Resources for Assessment ...

SSM Saint Mary’s Medical CenterSaint Louis, MO 374 Beds The Problem Better Outcomes for Older Ad...

During this 90 minute session, speakers discussed how to effectively engage patients and their fa...

Among the health promotion and cost-control strategies included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...

This webpage gives consumers resources and tools to be actively engaged in the quality of the car...

"We will open the doors." This was no magic incantation. Instead, the critical care unit at Virgi...

The journey from good to great for Good Samaritan Hospital of Baltimore started with differentiat...

The Urgency of Health System Reforms to Ensure Respect for Patients'  Wishes and Accou...

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 ThedaCare selected its radiation oncology (rad-onc) department to kick off a systemw...

The Problem Progress West didn't so much have a problem but an opportunity. By opening a new hos...

From October 2009 to February 2011, MR CHAMMP sponsored 67 programs which were provided to the co...

In the Pink is a program of Saint Michael's Medical Center and the program provides outreach, edu...

St. Joseph Community Health  in Albuquerque, New Mexico, wants to make sure that all children hav...

The program's goal is to help participants obtain knowledge about their health care options and t...

These programs take health education, information and related services directly to community memb...

Infant mortality remains a major concern in Milwaukee. The "Baby Safe Sleep" program , which is f...

W hat is patient- and family-centered care? Why does it matter? How does it fit with a hospital's...

The concept of an Ambulatory Intensive Care Unit (A-ICU) developed because in most companies a sm...