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

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

September 16th, 2016
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Reducing inpatient length of stay has a strong impact on value and organizational performance, an...

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

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

February 29th, 2016
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In 2015, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation funded HRET to strengthen care transitions by crea...

January 19th, 2016
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The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...

October 6th, 2015
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Addressing the complex needs of older patients and their caregivers is the focus of the Bridge Mo...

August 3rd, 2015
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The Bridge Model improves transitions of care by utilizing master’s-educated social workers in a ...

July 27th, 2015
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The Heathcare Association of New York State announced its 2015 Community Health Improvement award...

July 21st, 2015

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

July 1st, 2015
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This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...

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After learning of the "90 minute" standard of care for providing definitive treatment for cardiac...

June 10th, 2015
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Lake Placid and Tupper Lake, nursing homes that are part of Adirondack Health, Saranac Lake, N.Y....

April 21st, 2015
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OSF Healthcare, Peoria, Ill., wanted to improve the care of patients experiencing an ST elevation...

October 13th, 2014
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Managing population health, financial planning for value-based care and payment, and leading impr...

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

July 15th, 2014
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Transition coaches may be the “glue” between hospital visits and primary care. So says Julie Cann...

June 2nd, 2014
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Redefine. Partner. Integrate. Experiment. Specialize. Many hospitals and care systems are embarki...

February 3rd, 2014
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If you build a community of care, people will come. It happened when Middlesex Hospital, in Middl...

November 18th, 2013
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Emory HealthcareAtlanta, GA Emory Healthcare, a large academic teaching system, deployed a patie...

January 1st, 2013
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At hospital shift changes, doctors and nurses exchange crucial information about the patients the...

November 12th, 2012
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Many physicians are becoming employees of hospitals, medical groups or affiliate organizations. F...

November 1st, 2012
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AbstractBackground: Handover practices at hospital discharge are relatively under-researched, par...

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Readmission rates to U.S. hospitals are high, often because of poor care transitions. Serious adv...

October 1st, 2012
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How to solve the problem? Many practices have found the answer in the creation of high-functionin...

September 12th, 2012
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Traditionally, primary care physicians maintain chief responsibility for treating their criticall...

February 1st, 2012
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For the past three years, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center has been develop...

February 1st, 2012
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The goal of this initiative was to improve patient flow, outcomes, and experience, as well as com...

February 1st, 2012
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In 2006, Southampton Hospital's department of nursing conducted a needs assessment focusing on th...

February 1st, 2012
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The Joint Academy is a multidisciplinary team approach that begins in the community with orthoped...

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

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Summa Health SystemAkron, OH461 Beds The Problem Summa Health System serves a five county region...

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Wishard Health ServicesIndianapolis, IN293 Beds  The Problem Geriatric Resources for Assessment ...

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Transitions across care settings introduce risk for patient harm, and medication errors are an im...

December 1st, 2011
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Restructuring care has reduced readmissions at St. Mary?s Duluth (MN) Clinic Heart and Vascular ...

October 10th, 2011
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The SUNY Downsstate Medical Center kidney transplant team identified an increase in the differenc...

October 9th, 2011
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Transplant recipients are fragile patients, at high risk for infections and fluid and electrolyte...

June 6th, 2011
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To expertly execute a dribble handoff in basketball, communication between teammates is key. How ...

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Seamless, effective patient handoffs are a critical piece of any hospital?s patient safety framew...

July 19th, 2010
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At Columbia St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee, discharge planning truly begins at admission. Care te...

April 19th, 2010
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Extending services beyond the hospital walls to its most vulnerable patients?that is the goal of ...

February 1st, 2010
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The Problem The Pitt Country Memorial Hospital leadership team decided to reduce surgical compli...

August 1st, 2009
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