Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 ...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

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 ...

To align the hospital ministry with the needs of the community and to reduce avoidable health car...

Noting an upward trend in central line-associated blood stream infections, the hospital joined th...

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...

Based on the consultant’s recommendations, Lee Memorial’s (Fort Myers, Fla.) senior management de...

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

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

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...

This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

Hospitals and care systems are uniquely positioned to play an integral role preventing violence i...

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...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize annually honors hospitals and health systems that contin...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize annually honors hospitals and health systems that contin...

Hospitals and care systems across the country are engaged in quality improvement efforts to impro...

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...

The culture of an organization can actively support the commitment of its workforce by providing ...

The hospital applied for the Joint Commission certification as a Primary Stroke Center. In order...

Approximately 11,000 fatal patient falls occur in U.S. hospitals annually, but hospitals using ne...

This podcast series explores a variety of different topics around patient safety and performance ...

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

This article found that county characteristics are independently associated with higher hospital ...

Preventing hospital-acquired infections, reducing surgical complications and reducing readmission...

Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals and health systems that have...

Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals and health systems that have...

Goal-Save lives, reduce suffering and lower costs related to complications of surgery. Developed...

This report highlights five years of quality improvement among Florida hospitals. It highlights "...

Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network GoalsReduce patient harm by 40 percent and ...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality prize honors hospitals that have a committed in a systemic man...

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

Throughout the past decade, there has been a substantial increase in the national frequency of po...

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

There were between 462,000 and 636,000 CLABSIs in nonneonatal critical care patients in the Unite...

Ensuring the highest quality for patient care means continuously reviewing processes and outcomes...

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

 HPOE is pleased to highlight case studies from the Illinois Hospital Association’s Institute f...

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

After identification of an opportunity to reduce CAUTIs, leadership headed an initiative to reduc...

Harm/hospital-acquired condition reports were sent to each hospital. In reviewing both campuses, ...

To reduce the time to first dose of antibiotics to directly admitted pediatric oncology patients ...

The critical care unit identified VAP as an area for improvement, with three VAPs from May-July 2...

Effective care transitions programs can do more than improve patient care: patients learn to mana...

Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...

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

An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...

Development of a Norwood Clinic allowed the quality improvement team to create goals to decrease ...

The glycemic collaborative is an ongoing, multidisciplinary initiative developed to improve blood...

Written by HRET staff member Cynthia Hedges Greising and AHA-NPSF Comprehensive Patient Safety Fe...

Griffin HospitalDerby, CT160 Beds Griffin Hospital is the flagship hospital for Planetree, Inc.,...

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