Maimonides Medical Center implemented four evidence-based practices using the Plan, Do, Study, Ac...

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One out of five Americans, or over 40 million people, struggle with behavioral health each day. I...

May 18th, 2017

This HPOE and the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) webinar focuses on how two hea...

May 9th, 2017
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I have been so proud to see America’s hospitals and health systems speak so passionately on behal...

March 29th, 2017
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You may not know Rachelle Schultz of Winona, MN—but you probably can appreciate the concerns she ...

March 20th, 2017
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In 2015, the geriatric and palliative care team at South Nassau Communities Hospital sponsored a ...

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Stony Brook University Hospital coordinated efforts with its emergency department and ambulatory ...

March 7th, 2017
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In response to a rapidly transforming health care environment, hospitals and health systems acros...

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BackgroundHenry Ford Health System is a not-for-profit corporation composed of hospitals, medical...

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BackgroundIllinois Valley Community Hospital is a 49-bed, not-for-profit hospital located in Peru...

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BackgroundMedStar Health is a not-for-profit health system in the Maryland and Washington, D.C., ...

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BackgroundMultiCare Health System is a not-for-profit health care organization based in Tacoma, W...

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BackgroundOchsner Health System in southeast Louisiana manages 13 hospitals and more than 40 heal...

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

January 9th, 2017
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After recognizing asthma as a major condition for many patients in the emergency department, St. ...

November 16th, 2016
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Hospitals are working to achieve all elements of the Triple Aim by redesigning traditional ways o...

November 16th, 2016
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Here’s an excellent opportunity for health care executives to study and discuss pressing health c...

October 24th, 2016
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At hospitals and health care systems across the country, executives, clinicians and staff are lea...

September 26th, 2016
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Using the Triple Aim framework, hospitals and health systems can effectively address behavioral h...

September 20th, 2016
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Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...

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The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...

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The hospital identified two process improvement opportunities related to medication safety effort...

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Concurrent review of three core measure sets has ensured appropriate and timely patient care. The...

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The emergency department (ED) was experiencing extended lengths of stay for psychiatric patients,...

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Inappropriate stress ulcer prophylaxis is a serious problem across the health care continuum. Lit...

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Sepsis is a medical condition with high rates of morbidity, mortality and cost and it is the most...

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Reducing inpatient length of stay has a strong impact on value and organizational performance, an...

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The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's quality award submissions are highlighted on HPOE....

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According to published research data, the majority of cardiac stent patients have no additional r...

September 16th, 2016
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Undergoing surgery of any kind can be a stressful experience for patients and their families. The...

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Post-discharge phone calls are best practice, but multiple phone calls can confuse and frustrate ...

July 25th, 2016
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Across the United States, nonprofit hospitals are conducting community health needs assessments, ...

June 9th, 2016
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This AHA report provides a review of the current state for the behavioral health workforce, outli...

June 6th, 2016
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Over the past 20 years, nursing homes have been undertaking a cultural transition to look and fee...

May 2nd, 2016
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Ten years ago, Mercy began telemedicine in its ICUs to improve patient outcomes. Today the St. Lo...

May 2nd, 2016
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Creating a quieter hospital environment can help the healing process and improve the patient expe...

April 25th, 2016
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Mercy, a large Catholic health care system, began its telehealth initiatives with an eICU program...

April 22nd, 2016
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In January 2015, Southern Illinois Healthcare, based in Carbondale, was awarded an 18-month USDA ...

April 22nd, 2016
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Funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Serv...

April 22nd, 2016
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State and regional hospital associations across the United States are recognizing hospitals and h...

March 21st, 2016
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This HPOE webinar takes an in-depth look into how the Massachusetts Hospital Association develope...

March 8th, 2016
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St. Joseph Health, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, a 208-bed hospital in Napa, California, is...

March 7th, 2016
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The new HPOE  guide “Triple Aim Strategies to Improve Behavioral Health Care” describes strategie...

February 29th, 2016
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Recognizing the need to build a just culture, the leadership team at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hos...

February 29th, 2016
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The Baystate Health Breast and Wellness Center, created in 2013, is a combination of two premier ...

February 29th, 2016
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The premise of this project was that failure to maintain a patient's respect and dignity represen...

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The collaborative was launched by Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care in 2012 to trans...

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Approximately two years ago frontline staff presented a proposal to remove bed and chair alarms f...

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Four years ago this hospital had no clinical leadership development program. Physician leaders wi...

February 29th, 2016
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Patient and system tracers have been conducted at this institution since 2008. Prior to this proj...

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A house wide effort was lead this year to teach and embed continuous improvement methodology and ...

February 29th, 2016
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As the conventional analogy notes, change occurs when an organization finds itself atop a burning...

February 29th, 2016
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Tufts Medical Center made a decision to create its own quality improvement training for its workf...

February 29th, 2016
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In 2012, a physician-led Pioneer accountable care organization recognized an opportunity to bette...

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The health system's vision in 2014 was "to transform the delivery and financing of health care to...

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The ICMP Program is a Care Manager collaborative created to ensure the transition of patient care...

February 29th, 2016
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North Shore Medical Center aims to provide the perfect patient experience based on evidence-based...

February 29th, 2016
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The skilled nursing facility three-day waiver program is an exciting opportunity at Partners Heal...

February 29th, 2016
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Nighttime or off-shift intubations are a low-frequency, high-risk procedure in a community hospit...

February 29th, 2016
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At Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a small group of challenging patients account for a disproportio...

February 29th, 2016
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Under the leadership of the Process Improvement (PI) Department, the organization has been drivin...

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The Perioperative Medicine Model of Care is a three-pronged approach to the postoperative care of...

February 29th, 2016
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North Shore Medical Center is dedicated to safely transitioning all emergency department patients...

February 29th, 2016
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TEMPO: Together Everyone Improves Patient Outcomes, an initiative undertaken at Saint Vincent Hos...

February 29th, 2016
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Children with complex medical conditions have a broad range of medical, social and supportive nee...

February 29th, 2016
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that diagnostic care for patients who were referred within the...

February 29th, 2016
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As the complexity and cost of cancer care increases, there is an urgent need to support and track...

February 29th, 2016
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Through this initiative, Highland Healthcare Associates IPA seeks to improve the physician's expe...

February 29th, 2016
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Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital Physician’s Organization implem...

February 29th, 2016
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New England Quality Care Alliance, a physician network, implemented a medication prior authorizat...

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Boston Children’s Hospital and its associated pediatric primary care physicians organization coll...

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The Care Tracker program at Signature Healthcare collates data from multiple sources, including b...

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Diagnostic care for patients referred within the institution for suspicious lung lesions was vari...

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Injectable extended-release formulation of naltrexone marketed as Vivitrol is a recent significan...

February 29th, 2016
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Children with complex medical conditions have a broad range of medical, social and supportive nee...

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The School Based Care Coordination Program supports at-risk youth and families in two school dist...

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Newton-Wellesley Hospital reviewed rates of third and fourth degree obstetrical trauma (Patient S...

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CDC data shows that over 70 percent of patients with pre-diabetes will develop type 2 diabetes du...

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To meet a high demand for Chinese interpreters, the Tufts Medical Center Interpreter Services wor...

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The integrated specialty pharmacy program at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., i...

February 29th, 2016
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In early 2010, Emerson Hospital board members, medical staff and executive leaders convened to ad...

February 29th, 2016
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The project's goal was to reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in trached and ...

February 29th, 2016
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Hallmark Health System, Inc., is participating in the Community-based Care Transitions Program (C...

February 29th, 2016
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With the national focus on decreasing hospital-acquired infections, Massachusetts General Hospita...

February 29th, 2016
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At Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, the pediatric intensive care unit has been implem...

February 29th, 2016
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Dedicated to eliminating catheter-associated urinary tract infections, North Shore Medical Center...

February 29th, 2016
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Approximately 28 percent of the hospital's patients with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) are readm...

February 29th, 2016
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Catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) account for 30-40 percent of the organizati...

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This health care system's unique post-acute care (PAC) continuum of Inpatient Rehabilitation Faci...

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T4P/BREATHE is an inter-professional project created in response to improving patient outcomes an...

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The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...

February 29th, 2016

A collaborative network of hospitals and community organizations is improving behavioral health c...

February 29th, 2016
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Sanpete Valley Hospital, a critical access hospital in Mount Pleasant, Utah, is leading behaviora...

January 25th, 2016

In 2015, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation funded HRET to strengthen care transitions by crea...

January 19th, 2016
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More and more hospitals and health systems are leading community collaborations to create positiv...

December 7th, 2015
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TeamSTEPPS is designed to improve patient safety through effective communication and teamwork ski...

November 19th, 2015
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This case study presents the story of CareSouth Carolina and the Northeastern Rural Health Networ...

November 10th, 2015
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Since 2007, The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Psychiatry Residency program has help...

November 10th, 2015
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CDMHC’s innovative programs divert hundreds of patients from the hospitals and emergency departme...

November 10th, 2015
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