Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...

A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...

The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...

Variation and delays in the early mobilization of patients in the ICU can result in an increased ...

To truly transform care, hospitals and care systems must effectively engage patients and their fa...

The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...

Sharing best practices and facilitating peer-to-peer learning were core elements of the AHA/HRET ...

Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, a 237-bed facility in Orlando, Florida, used best practices and peer-to...

Hospital Menonita de Aibonito, a 150-bed facility in Aibonito, Puerto Rico, used best practices a...

Los Alamitos Medical Center, a 167-bed facility in Los Alamitos, California, used best practices ...

NCH Healthcare System, a 325-bed facility in Naples, Florida, started its journey to reduce harm ...

Ponca City Medical Center, a 140-bed facility in Ponca City, Oklahoma, used HEN best practices an...

Presence Saint Joseph Hospital, a 184-bed facility in Elgin, Illinois, examined quality metrics t...

St. Catherine Hospital, a 189-bed facility in East Chicago, Indiana, used best practices and peer...

St. John's Hospital, a 431-bed facility in Springfield, Illinois, used best practices and peer-to...

UConn John Dempsey Hospital, a 174-bed facility in Farmington, Connecticut, used best practices a...

Although rare and difficult to study, wrong-site surgery is a serious risk recognized by health c...

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

There is a need for greater understanding of the factors that lead to improved process quality an...

More than 64 million surgeries are performed annually in the United States. Preventing surgical s...

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

Ryhov HospitalJönköping, Sweden Ryhov Hospital is a county hospital in Jönköping, Sweden, with a...

In 2008 Don Berwick, Tom Nolan, and John Whittington first described the triple aim of simultaneo...

Health care professionals whose focus is on patient safety are very familiar with these alarming ...

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

It is widely recognized that there is more work needed to eliminate preventable harm in the U.S. ...

Objective: To understand factors leading to all-cause 30-day readmissions in a community hospital...

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

A loading dose is an initial dose of medication administered to rapidly achieve therapeutic level...

Considering the evolution of measures designed to prevent nosocomial pneumonia, it makes clinical...

As health care facilities continually look to strengthen their falls prevention programs and resp...

Rob Olson, MD, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Bellingham, Wash., sold his solo practice when he ...

Seasonal influenza remains a serious public health concern. According to the CDC, seasonal influe...

Every four years, the Olympic Games recognize athletes on a quest to be the best in their chosen ...

The Kishwaukee Community Hospital nurses and physicians recognized the opportunity to improve car...

Shortcomings in the treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock were observed. An ...

The aim of this project was to reduce the number of Venous Thromboembolisms acquired during hospi...

Occupying a five-block campus on Chicago's west side and serving an area that stretches about 15 ...

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

Adoption of rapid response teams has grown dramatically in hospital settings. Despite limited evi...

This toolkit is designed to help your hospital understand the Quality Indicators from AHRQ, and s...

This commentary describes a template to standardize handoff education to drive safety improvement.

The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

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

The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2012 User Comparative Database Report provides res...

Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...

About 1 in 12 adults (8.2 percent) aged 21 and older discharged from a hospital to the community ...

In many contexts, cesarean delivery has come to be regarded as the safer option, when in fact it ...

Nearly one-quarter of privately insured colon surgery patients are readmitted to the hospital wit...

This certified CME/CE activity focuses on caring for patients with chronic pain in the hospital ...

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

According to the survey, few nurses and physicians reported routinely submitting online reports, ...

Accreditation by The Joint Commission was associated with stronger performance on disease-specifi...

n response to growing interest from the hospital community in better understanding and improving ...

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

The Joint Commission's 2011 National Patient Safety Goals.

This multi-case study describes how eight hospitals used Lean Six Sigma to examine and improve wo...

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

The Problem Progress West didn't so much have a problem but an opportunity. By opening a new hos...

The Problem Standard care for a patient in cardiac arrest has been cardiopulmonary resuscitation...