Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

During 2012, despite economic challenges, hospitals and health care systems throughout the United...

Among California's African American, Native American, Latino and Hmong populations, a diagnosis o...

Patient-reported experiences of care are an important focus in health disparities research. This ...

The Affordable Care Act and state Medicaid reform efforts present opportunities to reengineer hea...

A monograph from the Association of American Medical Colleges, in partnership with the Institute ...

The mobile app from HPOE will ensure you receive up-to-date alerts when new HPOE guides are relea...

The Association of American Medical Colleges is pleased to present Diversity in Medical Education...

The Florida Hospital Association is proud to recognize the 2012 Celebration of Achievement in Qua...

Sandy Hausman reports on the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative, a Commonwealth Fund-supported de...

SHCA is a not-for-profit health care organization dedicated to serving those who advocate in the ...

The American Organization of Nurse Executives is the national organization of nurses who design, ...

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

Diabetes is among the ten leading causes of death in both white and African American patients, bu...

The goal of this guide is to help hospital leaders better understand how to address the issue of ...

This web seminar provided participants with information about diversity management, cultural comp...

The Health Disparities Cancer Collaborative implemented six components of the chronic care model ...

This commentary was written by  Daren R. Anderson, MD, vice president and chief quality officer, ...

This article discusses how clinically at-risk and socially disadvantaged populations may not be f...

Though more work needs to be done, our nation's hospitals are making advancements in providing qu...

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center strives to provide competent, culturally sensitive, high...

A collection of 10 short essays by the industry luminaries who have received HRET's TRUST Award s...

Quality is the first word that comes to mind when we talk about the American Hospital Association...

Engaging and training diabetes patients is helping to change and save lives. Here's how: Rowan Re...

This chartpack offers a snapshot of some common strategies used to improve the quality of care th...

Although Maryland enjoys the third highest median income in the United States, the state suffers ...

Among the agencies that have made a substantial effort toward competency is the Nursing Home Ombu...

During this webinar, hear how AnMed Health is applying the principles of REaL (race, ethnicity an...

May 13-19 is National Women's Health Week, a project of the U.S. Health and Human Services' Offic...

This web seminar highlighted improvements in staff training and building the culturally competent...

For people with diabetes, getting the proper treatment for foot wounds can prevent lingering prob...

For 18 years, Community House Calls, a UW Medicine program of Harborview Medical Center in Seattl...

The results from a 32-month long national collaborative, Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac...

This webinar highlighted the essential elements within care coordination strategies for the dual ...

Enriching. That's how AnMed Health views the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity of its ...

This report utilizes Dartmouth Atlas data to show differences in resource utilization among the 2...

Achieving health care equity and eliminating health care disparities are a top goal of hospitals ...

Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

Evidence-based practice is an essential requirement of professional health care providers. Rural ...

San Mateo Medical Center San Mateo, CA307 Beds The Problem San Mateo Medical Center has collecte...

University of Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, MS623 Beds The Problem University of Mississipp...

Baylor Health Care SystemDallas, TX3,653 Beds The Problem The Baylor Health Care System Office o...

Adventist HealthCareRockville, Maryland1,045 Beds The Problem Adventist HealthCare created the C...

University HospitalsCleveland, OH1,032 Beds The Problem To address the changing demographics of ...

The hospital partnered with the Wyoming Department of Health to work to eliminate health disparit...

This article assesses the potential impact of P4P on national hospital disparities using a two-me...

This toolkit provides a comprehensive approach to the collection of race, ethnicity and primary l...

Children's Mercy Hospitals & ClinicsKansas City, MO265 Beds The Problem The patient population a...

New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, NY2,264 Beds The Problem New York-Presbyterian Hospital’...

This article discusses preliminary findings from the National Congress of American Indians Policy...