U.S. health care leaders are continually working to improve care processes while advancing a medi...

March 2nd, 2017
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Bassett Medical Center, a 180-bed hospital in Cooperstown, New York, has implemented and sustaine...

March 16th, 2016
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One patient safety tool can be used in all care and service areas, improving safety and quality f...

March 14th, 2016
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The link between excessive work hours and adverse errors is inseparable. This project investigate...

September 14th, 2015
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Health care teams that communicate effectively reduce the potential for human error, resulting in...

June 18th, 2015
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The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...

March 22nd, 2015
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Los Alamitos Medical Center, a 167-bed facility in Los Alamitos, California, used best practices ...

February 5th, 2015
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Ponca City Medical Center, a 140-bed facility in Ponca City, Oklahoma, used HEN best practices an...

February 5th, 2015
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UConn John Dempsey Hospital, a 174-bed facility in Farmington, Connecticut, used best practices a...

February 5th, 2015
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Identifying solutions to reduce hospital-acquired conditions. Working to spread this knowledge to...

November 24th, 2014
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There is a need for greater understanding of the factors that lead to improved process quality an...

April 16th, 2014
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The Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Networks are designed to improve patient care ac...

July 10th, 2013
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This report from the Department of Health and Human Services describes a plan to bolster implemen...

July 2nd, 2013
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Approximately 24 million people--8.5 percent of the U.S. population--are defined as having Limite...

March 12th, 2013
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The heart failure quality improvement team set out to improve scores on heart failure core measur...

March 12th, 2013
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The goal of this guide is to help hospital leaders better understand how to address the issue of ...

September 1st, 2012
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At Franciscan St. James Health, the nursery had the highest rate of "zero" orders (orders not on ...

June 1st, 2012
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The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2012 User Comparative Database Report provides res...

January 1st, 2012
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In the wake of more widespread use of health IT, the Department of Health and Human Services aske...

November 8th, 2011
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The new Multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide released by WHO Patient Safety in Octo...

October 1st, 2011
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