Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Nurses at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, part of Catholic Health, introduced a Diabetes Education Qui...

In 2015, the geriatric and palliative care team at South Nassau Communities Hospital sponsored a ...

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

Serious dental problems can affect the overall well-being of an individual. Therefore, Mount St. ...

To help reduce 30-day readmission rates, South Nassau Communities Hospital implemented “Right Car...

SBH Health System implemented numerous strategies to reduce the number of Cather-Associated Urina...

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

After recognizing asthma as a major condition for many patients in the emergency department, St. ...

MedEx Bedside Prescription Delivery is the very first bedside medication delivery service for hos...

Since 2012, the Aiming for Zero program at Northwell Hospital is continuously working to reduce C...

Northern Westchester Hospital is improving their patients’ experience through the Food Is Care pr...

The St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center created a Hypoglycemic Task Force to recognize and decrea...

The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...

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

The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital recently develope...

North Shore University Hospital’s palliative care unit emphasizes quality of life by providing pa...

Erie County Medical Center's "boots on the floor" initiative began by hiring five full-time patie...

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System opened a facility to treet heavioral health and prim...

NYU Lutheran Healthcare, Brooklyn, N.Y., created a shared medical appointment program transformin...

The feeling of being truly cared for leaves a lasting impression and aids in the healing process....

United Memorial Medical Center, Batavia, N.Y., focused on patients with congestive heart failure,...

Lake Placid and Tupper Lake, nursing homes that are part of Adirondack Health, Saranac Lake, N.Y....

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

Some patients have difficulty effectively managing their medications because they don't fully und...

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

Coney Island Hospital developed a crisis prevention, early intervention, and response team known ...

South Nassau Communities Hospital initiated the "Knot So Fast" project to promote a safe and effi...

The Joint Academy is a multidisciplinary team approach that begins in the community with orthoped...

Traditionally, primary care physicians maintain chief responsibility for treating their criticall...

Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...

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

Multidisciplinary rounding (MDR) is a model of care in which multiple members of the care deliver...

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

Alice Hyde Medical Center's new program is designed to ensure safe medication administration in t...

North Bronx Healthcare Network devised a process to analyze its departmental risk management data...

St. Mary's Healthcare has an obligation to protect patients from harm and preventing adverse effe...

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

The SUNY Downsstate Medical Center kidney transplant team identified an increase in the differenc...