Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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

The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...

Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...

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

In early 2011, AHA members, committees, regional policy boards and staff discussed and crafted a ...

This blog post is from H&HN, the journal of the American Hospital Association and was written by ...

Sylvia Getman, president and CEO of the Aroostook Medical Center and senior vice president of Eas...

Learning, sharing resources and discussing projects on cutting-edge topics in health care transfo...

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

Three Illinois hospitals received recognition for “delivering quality with distinction” by the Il...

Hospitals pursuing environmental sustainability are not only contributing to healthier communitie...

Building off the 2013 HPOE guide on value-based contracting this guide provides additional financ...

This guide explains why hospital leaders should explore sustainability strategies for their organ...

Today’s hospital and care system leaders are addressing challenges while maximizing opportunities...

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

Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

The nation’s health care system is undergoing dramatic change as the country shifts to a value-ba...

The nation’s health care system is undergoing dramatic change as the country shifts to a value-ba...

Emergency department overcrowding has created patient throughput challenges with 2012 volume alre...

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

An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...

The 2012 AHA Committee on Performance Improvement focused on advanced illness management. Well-de...

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

On April 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  released a final regulation for the ne...

Purpose. This study assesses the impact of advance directives on end-of-life costs, drawing on ad...

Safety-net hospitals have lower performance than non-SNHs on metrics of patient-reported experien...

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

The OSF cardiac service line implemented a STEMI Improvement project to identify obstacles that c...

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

Payers are considering bundled payments for inpatient surgery, combining provider reimbursements ...

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...

Through HFMA's Value Project, health care finance leaders are joining their clinical partners to ...

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...

ED bottlenecks are common problems in hospitals causing excessive wait times, decreasing patient ...

The report recommends improved ways in which primary care practices should be paid for delivering...