Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Each year, the Illinois Hospital Association recognizes and celebrates the achievements of Illino...

A patient's home environment or lack of support system can have a negative impact on their health...

Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...

South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, N.Y., focused on educating patients with chronic co...

Lexington Regional Health Center, a 25-bed facility in Lexington, Nebraska, used best practices a...

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

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

Each year, the AHA Committee on Performance Improvement takes an in-depth look at a single topic ...

The Collaborative on Reducing Hospital Readmissions GoalUnderstand readmission causes and adopt ...

Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the flagship publication of the AHA, has put together a web...

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

The medical center’s mission was to reduce the C. difficile rate from 26.7 cases per 10,000 patie...

Methodist Le Bonheur HealthcareMemphis, TN1,321 Beds The Congregational Health Network is a part...

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

Annual analysis of the health care of a record number of Americans by the National Committee for ...

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

Background: Assessment of patient safety culture has recently expanded in inpatient settings, but...

Background: Despite increasing recognition that patients could play an important role in promotin...

This discussion paper analyzes factors that attribute to  better outcomes at lower costs. The aut...

After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

Roseland Community Hospital joined the Illinois Foundation for Quality Healthcare, the quality im...

Best practices from the Surgical Care Improvement Project have been implemented to reduce the inc...

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

In this study of 1,421 employees, we examined how different presentations of information affect t...

Improving quality of care can go hand in hand with eliminating disparities in care. University of...

Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

Olean General Hospital is one of only a few community hospitals in the nation to offer a center o...

Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...

In 2005, North Shore University Hospital's president and chief executive officer made a commitmen...

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

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...

"App" and "austerity" were among the 2010 "words of the year" named by a dialect society and dict...

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

The National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2011, updates a series of comprehensive...

An analysis of the current market

Why Is Focusing On Preventable Mortality Important?Hospital leaders work hard every day to provid...

 The purpose of this guide is to provide hospitals with a resource to help reduce inappropriate v...

The report provides: Background on health and wellness programs and how they are incentivized ...

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

The article discusses how the Beacon community program has leveraged health information technolog...

The guide is designed to serve as a quick, simple resource by outlining four steps: Examine yo...