Never underestimate the power of data. Hannibal (Mo.) Regional Hospital focused on collecting and...

December 16th, 2013
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Preventing hospital-acquired infections, reducing surgical complications and reducing readmission...

December 9th, 2013
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The path to eliminating disparities in health care has a few roadblocks: limited resources and ac...

December 2nd, 2013
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A “simple” complex plan is reducing readmissions at Wythe County Community Hospital, a 100-bed fa...

November 25th, 2013
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If you build a community of care, people will come. It happened when Middlesex Hospital, in Middl...

November 18th, 2013
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If you build a community of care, people will come. It happened when Middlesex Hospital, in Middl...

November 18th, 2013
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After more than a decade of war, many U.S. military service members have experienced an unprecede...

November 11th, 2013

Eliminating hospital-acquired infections, preventing patient falls, reducing preventable readmiss...

November 4th, 2013
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Eliminating hospital-acquired infections, preventing patient falls, reducing preventable readmiss...

November 4th, 2013
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Every October pink appears on everything from ribbons to football helmets and even illuminates th...

October 28th, 2013
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Teamwork between infection control and environmental services professionals at Hunterdon Medical ...

October 21st, 2013

Focusing on strategies to improve quality and achieve health care equity is a growing national pr...

October 14th, 2013
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October 6 – 12 is Mental Health Awareness Week. According to estimates, in the United States each...

October 7th, 2013
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October 6 – 12 is Mental Health Awareness Week. According to estimates, in the United States each...

October 7th, 2013
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Patients are becoming empowered. As health care consumers, they are reviewing publicly available ...

September 30th, 2013
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Learn from the best of the best. The 2013 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® recipients will s...

September 23rd, 2013

At North Shore-LIJ Health System, teamwork is everywhere. This New York health system uses TeamST...

September 16th, 2013
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Zero is an important number at Broward Health North. The 409-bed community hospital in Deerfield ...

September 9th, 2013
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A summer internship program growing in Brooklyn is introducing minority high school students to c...

August 19th, 2013

A summer internship program growing in Brooklyn is introducing minority high school students to c...

August 19th, 2013
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The nation’s health care system is undergoing dramatic change as the country shifts to a value-ba...

August 12th, 2013
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In July 2013, the AHA released another collection of action-oriented resources that can help hosp...

August 5th, 2013
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It is both “a sprint and a marathon.” That’s how a team at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor...

July 29th, 2013
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It is both a sprint and a marathon.” That's how a team at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor,...

July 29th, 2013
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Only a small percentage of patients develop a health care-associated infection after surgery, and...

July 22nd, 2013
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How do you successfully integrate behavioral health and primary care? A recent HPOE webinar highl...

July 15th, 2013

Providing quality care for patients with limited English proficiency can be challenging, even for...

July 8th, 2013
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The aviation industry has successfully used checklists to ensure safe air travel for passengers a...

July 1st, 2013
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Everyone is talking “population health management,” and many health care organizations are succes...

June 24th, 2013
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Here’s a disheartening statistic from the National Cancer Institute: in the United States, white ...

June 17th, 2013
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Here's a disheartening statistic from the National Cancer Institute: in the United States, white ...

June 17th, 2013
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Being accessible only by airplane or boat adds to the scenic character of Wrangell, Alaska (popul...

June 10th, 2013
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June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...

June 3rd, 2013
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June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...

June 3rd, 2013
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Children diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavior disorders need q...

May 20th, 2013
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Patients may be Christian, Jew, Muslim or of any other religious expression—at Lutheran Medical C...

May 13th, 2013
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Think of all the instruments, equipment and furniture in a hospital operating room. Any of these ...

May 6th, 2013
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Improving discharge can reap multiple benefits for patients and providers, including reducing rea...

May 1st, 2013
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Improving discharge can reap multiple benefits for patients and providers, including reducing rea...

May 1st, 2013
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Telepsychiatry is playing a pivotal role in providing timely care to hospitalized mental health p...

April 29th, 2013
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More than 64 million surgeries are performed annually in the United States. Preventing surgical s...

April 22nd, 2013
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Ensuring the highest quality for patient care means continuously reviewing processes and outcomes...

April 15th, 2013
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Patients admitted to a hospital for one condition—congestive heart failure, for example—are typic...

April 8th, 2013
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April is National Minority Health Month. Launched in April 2001 by the National Minority Health F...

April 1st, 2013
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The chair files highlight stories of hospitals and health systems that are implementing innovativ...

March 25th, 2013
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The Backyard Initiative at Allina Health, based in Minnesota, is truly taking care beyond hospita...

March 18th, 2013
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Effective care transitions programs can do more than improve patient care: patients learn to mana...

March 11th, 2013
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A commitment to diversity came first. That was followed by specific action projects to increase d...

March 4th, 2013
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A commitment to diversity came first. That was followed by specific action projects to increase d...

March 4th, 2013
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Does your hospital huddle? Staff in the medical-surgical unit at Fairbanks (AK) Memorial Hospital...

February 25th, 2013
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Today we need leaders who can help address the challenges and maximize the tremendous opportuniti...

February 11th, 2013
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From flexible visiting hours to family-centered rounds, hospitals are encouraging patients and fa...

February 4th, 2013
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From flexible visiting hours to family-centered rounds, hospitals are encouraging patients and fa...

February 4th, 2013
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Central line-associated bloodstream infections cause serious illness and death. Front-line caregi...

January 28th, 2013
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Imagine being hospitalized for a serious illness and being unable to communicate with nurses or d...

January 14th, 2013
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Imagine being hospitalized for a serious illness and being unable to communicate with nurses or d...

January 14th, 2013
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Year after year, America’s hospitals respond to meet pressing community health care needs. In 200...

January 7th, 2013
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