Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Background In October 2008, CMS discontinued additional payments for certain hospital-acquired c...

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

Patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction or congestive heart failure are more likely...

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

Duplicate medication order errors increased with CPOE and CDS implementation. Many work system fa...

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

Reducing rates of rehospitalization has attracted attention from policymakers as a way to improve...