Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Nurses have always been on the front lines at hospitals providing quality, compassionate care for...

As many older patients are affected by Clostridium difficile (C.diff) in hospital settings, South...

March 12-18, 2017, is Patient Safety Awareness Week, led by the National Patient Safety Foundatio...

March 12–18 is Patient Safety Awareness Week. HPOE.org offers guides, tools, case studies...

U.S. health care leaders are continually working to improve care processes while advancing a medi...

Communities around the country are experiencing challenges in preventing substance use. For some ...

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

To help reduce 30-day readmission rates, South Nassau Communities Hospital implemented “Right Car...

SBH Health System implemented numerous strategies to reduce the number of Cather-Associated Urina...

Cortland Regional Medical Center’s Transitional Care Program is working to reduce 30-day readmiss...

Quality and safety are “top of the agenda” at urban and rural hospitals across the country. At Ho...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize recognizes leadership and innovation in quality improvem...

MedEx Bedside Prescription Delivery is the very first bedside medication delivery service for hos...

In July 2016, the AHA/HRET Hospital Engagement Network (HEN) 2.0 hosted a state hospital associat...

The AHA/HRET Hospital Engagement Network (HEN) 2.0 identifies best practices proven to reduce hos...

Since September 2015, the American Hospital Association (AHA)/Health Research & Educational Trust...

Since 2012, the Aiming for Zero program at Northwell Hospital is continuously working to reduce C...

The best way to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) is to limit the use ...

Reducing and eliminating patient harm are at the forefront of patient safety and continue to be a...

According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...

This project addresses the health care system's strategic initiative to ensure interdisciplinary ...

The hospital identified an opportunity to improve its discharge planning process to allow more ti...

After reducing health care-acquired deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE) in 2011,...

In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...

Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...

While the implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ venous thromboembolism ...

The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...

This project was based on a multidisciplinary approach that focused on the admission process for ...

The Reducing Readmissions: Making Data Real project decreased acute rehospitalization rates by al...

The goal of this project was to standardize protocols for controlling patient pain following tota...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...

Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...

The 2012 New England Compounding Center tragedy and ongoing drug shortages have caused a dramatic...

The goal of this project was to reduce the incidence of contrast-induced neuropathy (CIN) as a re...

Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...

Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...

Patient falls during hospitalization can lead to increased inpatient care costs, decreased patien...

The organization initiated a project identified by the Infection Control Committee to reduce Fole...

A history as a resource-challenged urban safety net hospital with a high-risk population, a lack ...

A review of the hospital’s quality indicators revealed an unacceptable rate of catheter-associate...

Although episiotomy was once considered a routine part of childbirth, in recent years, there has ...

The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...

For several years, the hospital has been focused on reducing 30-day readmissions. After learning ...

The medical center has made significant progress in improving physician-patient communication thr...

The prevention of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) is a major focus for health care orga...

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a major cause of morbidity and morta...

A systematic, repeatable approach was developed to monitor pneumonia patients 30 days following d...

Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...

By using evidence-based medicine and hardwiring concurrent review, HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Hig...

The blood bank relocated to a new hospital facility while the labor and delivery (L&D) unit remai...

This academic medical center developed and implemented a program to improve outcomes and reduce r...

Administration of medications is one of the most error-prone stages in the medication use process...

Every aspect of a patient’s experience of care is influenced by valuable and often underused reso...

The Lung Partners Primary Respiratory Care at the Crouse Hospital is managing the needs of patien...

The AHA's Physician Leadership Forum and Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative have relea...

A health system in rural Minnesota has helped develop an innovative model to prevent prescription...

A “Germ Crusher” challenge at Children’s Hospital Colorado brought together leadership, staff, pa...

“Small changes can make a big difference.” So say health care professionals working to prevent ad...

Rates of inpatient medication errors range from 45 to 76 percent, with most errors occurring on-a...

Using HOUDINI to eliminate CAUTI. It’s all about decreasing the inappropriate use of indwelling c...

A key component to making patient care safer is to track your data and progress towards improveme...

Hospitals and faith organizations are collaborating to improve health care outcomes and organize ...

State and regional hospital associations across the United States are recognizing hospitals and h...

Bassett Medical Center, a 180-bed hospital in Cooperstown, New York, has implemented and sustaine...

Clark Regional Medical Center (CRMC) is a 79 bed, community hospital serving the residents of eas...

Citrus Valley Health Partners (CVHP) is a nonprofit comprehensive health care system based in Los...

Norwood Hospital is a full-service, 263-bed community hospital in Norwood, Massachusetts. In 2013...

Meritus Health’s replacement hospital, Meritus Medical Center, opened five years ago in Washingto...

Children’s Hospital Colorado launched a fun, hospital-wide hand hygiene challenge called “Germ Cr...

One patient safety tool can be used in all care and service areas, improving safety and quality f...

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

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

The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) developed this compendium to link patient and fami...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals that demonstrate progress in achieving ...

Mission accomplished, but the work continues. At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in L...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals that demonstrate progress in achieving ...

Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...

TeamSTEPPS is designed to improve patient safety through effective communication and teamwork ski...

Leadership, innovation and commitment to quality and safety—all are needed to deliver exceptional...

Each year more than one million patients in the United States are diagnosed with sepsis, a condit...

Kennedy Health Decreases Sepsis BackgroundKennedy Health is an integrated health delivery system...

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

Evidence-based guidelines now support restrictive red blood cell transfusion practices to enhance...

Failure to rescue is the failure to recognize or act upon the patient's decline in condition resu...

In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...

This AHRQ video vignette  illustrates how to engage dialysis patients in infection prevention....

A unique telemedicine consultation between a rural hospital and skilled rehabilitation/nursing fa...

The link between excessive work hours and adverse errors is inseparable. This project investigate...

Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...

The goal of this project was to reduce the number of injection errors occurring at the hospital's...

Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital's care transition program successfully reduced all-cause ...

 White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital Center’s interdisciplinary team developed a disinfection procedure ...

What does it take to be a winner? Children's Hospital Colorado received the 2015 AHA-McKesson Que...

Teamwork champions on a diverse change team: These were key as The MetroHealth System in Clevelan...

Read about how patient and family engagement practices are related to patient experiences. This s...

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

This infographic provides a summary of the HPOE guide “Partnering to Improve Quality and Safety: ...

This New York Times blog was written by a resident in internal medicine at Massachusetts General ...

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