Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

I have been so proud to see America’s hospitals and health systems speak so passionately on behal...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Here’s an excellent opportunity for health care executives to study and discuss pressing health c...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Undergoing surgery of any kind can be a stressful experience for patients and their families. The...

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

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

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

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

Funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Serv...

This HPOE webinar takes an in-depth look into how the Massachusetts Hospital Association develope...

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...

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

The NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System implemented multidisciplinary ICU mobilization teams t...

NYU Lutheran Healthcare, Brooklyn, N.Y., created a shared medical appointment program transformin...

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

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

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

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

At hospitals, health care systems and state, regional and metropolitan hospital associations acro...

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

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

Ascension Health created a business unit called Transformational Development. It is charged with ...

Preventing falls has been in the news recently, and with good reason: Among older adults, falls a...

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

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

The winds of change in health care are swirling around us: shifting patient and workforce demogra...

Learn from the best of the best. The 2013 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® recipients will s...

This report discusses the importance of health in all policies, an approach to improving health b...

In July 2013, the AHA released another collection of action-oriented resources that can help hosp...

Providing quality care for patients with limited English proficiency can be challenging, even for...

The chair files highlight stories of hospitals and health systems that are implementing innovativ...

Transforming organizations, such as academic health centers or teaching hospitals, toward creatin...

Kaiser Permanente, as an integrated health care delivery system, has made significant progress to...

Informed Medical Decisions FoundationBoston, MAThe Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, founded...

Southcentral FoundationAnchorage, AK150 beds A nonprofit health care organization owned by the A...

Medicine involves decisions. But for Medicare patients with conditions for which surgery is an op...

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, a 347-bed public hospital in Bronx, N.Y., has establish...

Compassionate and cost effective is how Memorial Healthcare System, based in Hollywood, Fla., des...

Patients hospitalized for tobacco-related illnesses may be the most motivated to quit using tobac...

Kaiser maintains a number of operating units to identify and test innovations. The Center for Tot...

Mayo Clinic has four operating unites to create new tools, processes and businesses. The Division...

Partner's created the Center for Connected Health to promote technology-enabled innovations in te...

The Joint Academy is a multidisciplinary team approach that begins in the community with orthoped...

Commonwealth Care Alliance Boston, MA The Problem Commonwealth Care Alliance, which functions bo...

AtlantiCareAtlantic City, NJ538 Beds The Problem The Special Care Center is a primary care cente...

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

Johns Hopkins Health SystemBaltimore, MD912 Beds  The Problem Hopkins ElderPlus is the Programs ...

In the fall of 2008, perioperative leaders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., conduc...

The National Committee for Quality Assurance starts an accountable care organization accreditati...

This paper explores the current limits of primary care in the US, looks at illustrative models th...

The paper makes recommendations for enhancing QI efforts in health care, including providing stro...

In a recent study, the non-profit Commonwealth Fund found that the U.S. ranks 16th out of 16 nati...

The Leapfrog Group, a consortium of public and private employers who purchase health care for mor...

The Rand Health Insurance Experiment found that patients had little or no control over their hea...

Reining in health care costs has become a central policy challenge for government and a pressing ...

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

This 46-page document reviews the history of Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives and consi...

This article addresses health care innovations that can help improve population and meet future h...

A report based on an invitational forum held on March 13, 2009, sponsored by Medically Induced Tr...

The Problem The women and infants department's lean journey began in early 2006 when a local hos...

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