There is a critical need to elevate the discussion around workforce planning and development to e...

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A complete list of every HPOE/HRET guide created since 2010. This list features nearly 80 guides ...

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Hospitals are helping students with disabilities transition from school to the workplace. Mat-Su ...

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

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Every aspect of a patient’s experience of care is influenced by valuable and often underused reso...

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When outpatients at Summa Health in Akron, Ohio, were frequently getting lost on their way to app...

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TeamSTEPPS is designed to improve patient safety through effective communication and teamwork ski...

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The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...

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

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The Heathcare Association of New York State announced its 2015 Community Health Improvement award...

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

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This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...

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Health care teams that communicate effectively reduce the potential for human error, resulting in...

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In December 2008, the hospital spotlighted national Hospital Quality Measures performance and fou...

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The feeling of being truly cared for leaves a lasting impression and aids in the healing process....

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Human resources and the nursing leadership team worked together using a PDCA for rapid cycle impr...

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A Safe Patient Handling program (SPH) was initiated in 2006. A SPH vendor was chosen based upon e...

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The Employee Flu Immunization Campaign Kit is designed to help hospitals, nursing homes, and othe...

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Providing world-class quality health care may seem an audacious goal for a small or rural hospita...

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

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

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

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

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On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...

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At North Shore-LIJ Health System, teamwork is everywhere. This New York health system uses TeamST...

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

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Wrangell Medical CenterWrangell, AK22 Beds The Problem Wrangell Medical Center is located in Wra...

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

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Patients admitted to a hospital for one condition—congestive heart failure, for example—are typic...

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The University of Connecticut's community-based education program collaborated with community par...

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

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

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

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Saint Elizabeth’s Medical CenterWabasha, MN25 Beds Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center, part of Min...

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

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The November issue of Trustee magazine delves into hospital mergers with a cover article featurin...

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

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In an era of team-based care, nurses are increasingly taking on new leadership roles. Beatrice Ka...

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Authors William F. Jessee, MD and David Rowlee, Ph. D. from Integrated Healthcare Strategies, dis...

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"Commitment to caring" and "quality improvement" and"patient engagement" are more than catchphras...

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Many physicians are becoming employees of hospitals, medical groups or affiliate organizations. F...

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Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...

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A just culture. A culture of transparency. A patient-first culture. Culture transformation at Uni...

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

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

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Purpose: To explore surgeons' perceptions of the factors that influence their intraoperative deci...

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The survey was sent by email to over 630,000 physicians (approximately 84 percent of all physicia...

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Implementing clinical practice guidelines can improve the quality of patient care and positively ...

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Authored by Kaufman Hall executives, this guide describes the groundwork and prerequisites requir...

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

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

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Communication breakdowns continue to be a leading cause of medical errors. Staff at Butler County...

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Adoption of rapid response teams has grown dramatically in hospital settings. Despite limited evi...

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

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Multidisciplinary rounding (MDR) is a model of care in which multiple members of the care deliver...

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Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...

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Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center created the hospital point of dispensing (HPOD) t...

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Rochester General Hospital formed a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement actions that ...

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

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

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Success in strategic organizational initiatives depends on changing the way people work together.

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

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According to the survey, few nurses and physicians reported routinely submitting online reports, ...

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

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The answer is: attracting, retaining and developing the best workforce. The question: What is one...

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

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"Navigating the rising tide of HACs" is what Baystate Medical Center (BMC) calls this project. A ...

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A focus on wellness to provide better health and better health care is part of the AHA's Health F...

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

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At the 7th Biennial Joanna Briggs International Colloquium in Chicago this fall, Kathi Patterson,...

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Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from th...

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This guide communicates the idea that workforce and human resource practices can positively impac...

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Reducing preventable harm by half is a lofty goal for any hospital, let alone a large, integrated...

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The 3,500 employees of Eastern (Bangor) Maine Medical Center are role models for other employees ...

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The Problem In 2004, Faxton Hospital and St. Luke's-Memorial Hospital merged. The leaders of the...

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The Problem MRSA accounts for more than 18,000 deaths annually nationwide, according to the CDC....

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The Problem Nurses have always stuggled with balancing time between their workloads. Employee sa...

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The Problem DMC wanted to chart a new path for fulfilling its mission of offering the best possi...

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The Franciscan Clinic was designed with the idea that all employees who carry the hospital's insu...

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With the goal of improving patient care while cutting waste and cost, a team of employees met to ...

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In 2004, officials at Miller Electric, a division of Illinois-based Illinois Tool Works, knew the...

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