All future performance improvement projects will address health care disparities. That’s the comm...

December 12th, 2016

Hospitals and health systems are intensifying their focus to ensure all patients receive high-qua...

November 14th, 2016
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Hospitals are helping students with disabilities transition from school to the workplace. Mat-Su ...

November 7th, 2016
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The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize recognizes leadership and innovation in quality improvem...

November 2nd, 2016
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In 2016, Cleveland Clinic was honored by the American Hospital Association (AHA) with its Equity ...

October 12th, 2016
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According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...

September 16th, 2016
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The systemwide Obstetrics Care Excellence Team was formed to improve quality of care and reduce c...

September 16th, 2016
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Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...

September 16th, 2016
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Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...

September 16th, 2016
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The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...

September 16th, 2016
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Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...

September 16th, 2016
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The hospital identified two process improvement opportunities related to medication safety effort...

September 16th, 2016
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Hospital readmissions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failu...

September 16th, 2016
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This project explains how a multisite, outpatient breast cancer and lymphedema rehabilitation pro...

September 16th, 2016
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The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...

September 16th, 2016
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This project was based on a multidisciplinary approach that focused on the admission process for ...

September 16th, 2016
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The goal was to reduce anesthesia's postoperative evaluation errors to less than 10 percent of al...

September 16th, 2016
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Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...

September 16th, 2016
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Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...

September 16th, 2016
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The organization sought to create a root cause analysis (RCA) structure that endowed greater focu...

September 16th, 2016
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