Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Nurses have always been on the front lines at hospitals providing quality, compassionate care for...

Like many hospitals, SBH Health System uses the computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system. ...

This joint HPOE and Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital webinar discus...

This health system's employee influenza vaccination policy compliance rate was less than 70 perce...

The utilization review staff at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital examines medical records for inpati...

Funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Serv...

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

State and regional hospital associations across the United States are recognizing hospitals and h...

In this study, the research team sought to compare the performance of provider-sponsored health p...

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

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

The transformation of health care is occurring at a rapid pace causing an increase in the need to...

Lexington Regional Health Center, a 25-bed facility in Lexington, Nebraska, used best practices a...

NCH Healthcare System, a 325-bed facility in Naples, Florida, started its journey to reduce harm ...

This toolkit is a user-friendly “how-to” guide to help accelerate the elimination of health care ...

The Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development recently released the report Bridging ...

In conjunction with Health Services Research, this webinar showcases health IT developments in th...

Health care organizations are in varying stages of clinical and financial integration as they pur...

Whether cheering for soccer, tennis, baseball, softball or another sport, fans no doubt have witn...

Moving from a volume-based payment model to a value-based payment model requires a new set of man...

Hospitals and health care systems are faced with unprecedented challenges and opportunities as th...

The April issue of Health Services Research journal is now available. Covering topics in variati...

A special issue of Health Services Research on “Health Information Technology” is now available. ...

A new member of the health care team is helping to improve clinical outcomes and patient experien...

Redefine. Partner. Integrate. Experiment. Specialize. Many hospitals and care systems are embarki...

Four generations are working side by side in hospitals and care systems today. Atlantic Health Sy...

The United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration office released...

The 2014 AHA Chair-elect Jonathan  Perlin, MD, co-authored this paper and companion financial mod...

The Community Health Systems Development Team at the Georgia Health Policy Center has developed a...

Generational differences—one factor of diversity—are changing workforce dynamics. Traditionalists...

This report discusses the importance of health in all policies, an approach to improving health b...

Southeastern Health, Lumberton, N.C. 452 beds 16,000 impatient admissions 76,000 emergency d...

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (Glendale, Wis.) 11 hospitals, 70 clinic sites, three long-term ...

This annual survey of employers provides a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health c...

This articles explores how HealthPartners decided to target nonclinical determinants of populatio...

This report from the Department of Health and Human Services describes a plan to bolster implemen...

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

Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital and Northern Counties Health Care, Inc.,  have had a long-...

Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Jackson, Miss.– 633 beds– 3,000-plus employees In 1997, Miss...

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

"Metrics for the Second Curve of Health Care" expands on four strategies originally identified in...

The traditional behavioral health access model of calling for an appointment which is subsequentl...

According to the Pew research center,  74 percent of all adults in the United States use the Inte...

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...

Bellin Health SystemGreen Bay, WI Bellin Health System is a nonprofit integrated health care del...

Sentara HealthcareNorfolk, VA Sentara Healthcare is a nonprofit health care system headquartered...

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

In 2012 the AHA Committee on Research focused on actively engaging health care users to improve o...

In 2008 Don Berwick, Tom Nolan, and John Whittington first described the triple aim of simultaneo...

Physicians' steady interest in hospital employment — a trend that has accelerated in recent years...

Now, more than ever, hospitals and health system CEOs cannot sit on their hands as new care deliv...

Electronic Health Records implementation is still highly heterogeneous across health care systems...

Three hazards involve health IT system-related technologies While today's health technology adva...

This article explores eight of the most challenging and interesting issues that hospital leaders ...

The Affordable Care Act enacts a new payment system for private health plans available to Medicar...

AHRMM is the premier membership group for health care supply chain and materials management profe...

AHVRP, a professional membership group of the AHA,  is the premier professional membership societ...

With more than 11,000 members, ASHE is the largest association devoted to optimizing the health c...

ASHHRA of the AHA, is the leading membership organization exclusively dedicated to meeting the pr...

Established in 1980, ASHRM is a personal membership group of the AHA with nearly 6,000 members re...

SHSMD is the premier organization for 4,000 health care professionals responsible for strategy de...

Health Forum provides communications, information, education and research products and services t...

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

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

The Association for the Healthcare Environment represents directors, managers, supervisors, suppl...

An Alliance for Health Reform Toolkit produced with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundati...

PLF hosted a session on achieving team-based health care delivery. David Nash, MD, founding dean ...

This discussion paper analyzes factors that attribute to  better outcomes at lower costs. The aut...

After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced...

As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced...

My goal in this article is to use the laws of physics to help readers think in new ways about sha...

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Family Medicine Department made a commitment to improve the quality ...

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

Aurora Health CareMilwaukee, WI The Problem Aurora Health Care is a nonprofit, integrated delive...

This report provides a detailed discussion of baseline health spending by state of residence (per...

To promote healthy communities, hospitals must lead the way and serve as role models. A recent AH...

Ten existential questions will make the difference between limping into the future and soaring to...

Frequently Asked Questions regarding implementation of the market reform provisions of the Affor...

In the wake of more widespread use of health IT, the Department of Health and Human Services aske...

Oregon's community hospitals are committed to working together to produce high-quality patient ca...

The National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2011, updates a series of comprehensive...

Vermont begins building a single-payer health system that will move many state residents into a p...

This P2P Series presents case studies of hospitals improving their environments to better support...

The National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2011, updates a series of comprehensive...

Reining in health care costs has become a central policy challenge for government and a pressing ...

This report summarizes the results of that survey, which indicated that overall influenza vaccina...

This sponsored supplement explores the challenges of investing for lower-cost devices, services a...

The report defines the meaning of value in health care, provides an overview of the current state...

 The purpose of this guide is to provide hospitals with a resource to help reduce inappropriate v...

This paper discusses how new technologies can be applied to improve the health of populations and...

This multi-case study describes how eight hospitals used Lean Six Sigma to examine and improve wo...

The article discusses how the Beacon community program has leveraged health information technolog...

A key ingredient for success under health care reform will be the ability to utilize health infor...

Due to the size and breadth of their organizations, multi-hospital health system leaders have a s...

The content of this best-practices guide, and the process by which it was assembled, are emblemat...

The Problem St. Francis struggled getting non-emergent patients from the door to an ED bed in a ...