Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

The disease management process at Bassett Medical Center was positively impacted after the hospit...

Stony Brook University Hospital coordinated efforts with its emergency department and ambulatory ...

BackgroundIllinois Valley Community Hospital is a 49-bed, not-for-profit hospital located in Peru...

This health system's employee influenza vaccination policy compliance rate was less than 70 perce...

The problem faced by the health system was the lack of a coordinated approach for the review and ...

Advance care planning is a critical element of wellness for all adult patients, regardless of dia...

The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...

Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...

Concussions are a growing problem for young athletes. The hospital’s overall goal is to educate a...

The organization used Lean Six Sigma process techniques to identify and support improved efficien...

Reducing inpatient length of stay has a strong impact on value and organizational performance, an...

The Coachella Valley is a region in Southern California with an incredibly high rate of HIV. Base...

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

The collaborative was launched by Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care in 2012 to trans...

Approximately two years ago frontline staff presented a proposal to remove bed and chair alarms f...

The health system's vision in 2014 was "to transform the delivery and financing of health care to...

As the complexity and cost of cancer care increases, there is an urgent need to support and track...

Diagnostic care for patients referred within the institution for suspicious lung lesions was vari...

MOU—Mobile Observation Unit—provides home-based urgent care for patients experiencing at-risk med...

The goal of this project was to decrease the utilization rates of indwelling urinary catheters an...

In 2008, the two hospital systems partnered with the city of Whittier, the YMCA of Greater Whitti...

During the 2013-14 influenza season, an emergency preparedness mass influenza vaccination drill w...

Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs direct judicious antimicrobial use to optimize patient outcome...

Presence St. Joseph's Medical Center's project implemented interventions to maintain patient func...

The Department of Veterans Affairs home-based primary care  began in 1972.  Home-based primary ca...

Excellent patient-centered care is the goal of a program implemented by the team at McDonough Dis...

Based in the Pennsylvania cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Hazleton, Lehigh Valley Health Netwo...

Albany Medical Center developed the Child Advocacy Resident Education program that aims to improv...

Many Medicare patients with life-limiting illnesses had no documented advanced directive while in...

After identifying inequities with affordable access to primary care services and an uncoordinated...

Emergency department overcrowding has created patient throughput challenges with 2012 volume alre...

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

Early and safe mobility of critically ill patients in a cardiovascular surgical intensive care un...

Today health disparities remain a constant challenge for immigrants, refugees and displaced popul...

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, a division of Wheaton Franciscan Services, Inc., is a Catholic, no...

A nurse-driven protocol was implemented to increase the staff’s awareness on the appropriate indi...

The Red Box strategy was created to help reduce cost and health care worker time associated with ...

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

In late January 2012, pharmacists began reviewing potential pneumonia patients using a screening ...

A team was created to ensure that all patients regardless of race, ethnicity, language, disabilit...

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

Healthy Woman is a community that empowers women with the confidence to make informed health care...

The OSF cardiac service line implemented a STEMI Improvement project to identify obstacles that c...

As a small community hospital, ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence was low. However, the lo...

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

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

In 2008, Albany Medical Center was one of 18 regional referral neonatal intensive care units to a...

The goal of this initiative was to improve patient flow, outcomes, and experience, as well as com...

AIM focuses care on people with advanced illness, which often involves more than one chronic diag...

In 2005, the neonatal intensive care unit at Women and Children's Hospital of West Virginia exper...

The Problem Pneumonia accounts for approximately 15 percent of all hospital-acquired infections ...

The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...

The Problem While all facitilites aspire to limit the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumon...

The Problem Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a leading cause of death among all hospitalacquir...

The Problem With mechanical ventilation being a large part of care for critical patients, teh ne...

The Problem The infection rate in the NICU at Charleston Area Medical Center was 18 percent in 2...

The Problem Ventilator associated pneumonia are infections that occur in ventilator tubes and ac...