Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

In response to a rapidly transforming health care environment, hospitals and health systems acros...

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

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

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

Creating a quieter hospital environment can help the healing process and improve the patient expe...

The premise of this project was that failure to maintain a patient's respect and dignity represen...

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

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

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

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

Hospitals strive to achieve the Triple Aim. This collection of case studies features three exampl...

When River Hospital, Alexandria Bay, N.Y., identified an unmet mental health need for active duty...

Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident ca...

This article highlights what hospitals are doing to improve access to behavioral health services....

This article from Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, ...

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

This article highlights the success of a pilot project between Park Nicollet hospital, St. Louis ...

Chambers County was designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration as one of the ...

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

This primer discusses community benefit laws across the United States, noting differences in fede...

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

Assisted living facilities allow residents to "age in place" by adjusting their level of care and...

At hospital shift changes, doctors and nurses exchange crucial information about the patients the...

Acute care hospitals have been establishing palliative programs at a rapid pace; the United States n...

In 1996, as the growth in managed care increased the role for general internists and primary care...

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

AbstractBackground: Handover practices at hospital discharge are relatively under-researched, par...

One of the most vital strategies in the current health care environment is physician-hospital ali...

In an Oct. 17 webinar presented by Becker's Hospital Review, Scott Becker, a partner at McGuireWo...

Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...

Traditionally, primary care physicians maintain chief responsibility for treating their criticall...

St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester, division of Saint Joseph's Medical Center began this initiati...

The inaugural report of the AHA Committee on Performance Improvement details “Hospitals and Care ...

This guide was created to share best practices and key lessons from innovative organizations on a...

Extending services beyond the hospital walls to its most vulnerable patients?that is the goal of ...

The ProblemFlowers wanted to improve its performance on the 28 quality measures that are featured...