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Nurses have always been on the front lines at hospitals providing quality, compassionate care for...
Every aspect of a patient’s experience of care is influenced by valuable and often underused reso...
Mission accomplished, but the work continues. At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in L...
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...
This year's winners of Health Care's Most Wired Survey are employing information technology to he...
This paper illustrates ONC’s 10-year vision for advancing health IT capabilities in a manner that...
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 AHA and the American Medical Association collaborated on this paper to present both physician...
This article from Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, ...
Whether cheering for soccer, tennis, baseball, softball or another sport, fans no doubt have witn...
Learn from the best of the best. The 2013 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® recipients will s...
At North Shore-LIJ Health System, teamwork is everywhere. This New York health system uses TeamST...
In 2008, Ellis Hospital launched a medical home at its Ellis Health Center campus. This initiativ...
Bellin Health SystemGreen Bay, WI Bellin Health System is a nonprofit integrated health care del...
Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA229 Beds Cambridge Health Alliance is an integrated health...
Georgia Health Sciences Health Augusta, GA632 Beds Georgia Health Sciences Health System consist...
Howard University HospitalWashington, DC266 Beds Howard University Hospital is a private, nonpro...
Increasing patient adherence to medications? Check. Providing safe, patient-centered care? Check...
Involving everyone from front-line staff to executive committees to home health agencies to patie...
The rural community of Ellenville, New York (population 4,000), and the New York borough of Brook...
Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...
Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...
The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...
Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...
Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...
A strategy to use a single, integrated EMR has helped make Elliot Health System, based in Manches...
Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...
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...
Efficient bed placement for patients can mean fewer discharge delays, decreased length of stay an...
"Navigating the rising tide of HACs" is what Baystate Medical Center (BMC) calls this project. A ...
A focus on wellness to provide better health and better health care is part of the AHA's Health F...
The journey from good to great for Good Samaritan Hospital of Baltimore started with differentiat...
Joseph Betancourt, M.D., director of multicultural education for Massachusetts General Hospital i...
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed ...
Seamless, effective patient handoffs are a critical piece of any hospital?s patient safety framew...
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, Kirkland, Wash., implemented best practices in patient flow bu...
ED bottlenecks are common problems in hospitals causing excessive wait times, decreasing patient ...
The 3,500 employees of Eastern (Bangor) Maine Medical Center are role models for other employees ...
At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...
The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...
The Problem A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...
The Problem In a 2008 medical staff satisfaction survey, 93 percent of Advocate Good Shepherd ph...
The ProblemMedication reconciliation—comparing a patient's medication orders to all medications t...
The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...
The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...
The Problem In 2004, Faxton Hospital and St. Luke's-Memorial Hospital merged. The leaders of the...
The ProblemFlowers wanted to improve its performance on the 28 quality measures that are featured...
The Problem Good Samaritan's LWBS rate (2.1 percent) is close to the national average (2.0 perce...
The Problem Hazleton General Hospital officials were unhappy with their performance on a number ...
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 Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...
The Problem Advocate Lutheran General Hospital admits 32 percent of its emergency department pat...
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 Like many urban safety net hospitals, Hahnemann University Hospital struggled with o...
The Problem Carolina Medical Center-Mercy worked on patient throughput in its ED, while developi...
Holy Cross Hospital Health Centers are primary care medical centers that provide affordable servi...