March 12-18, 2017, is Patient Safety Awareness Week, led by the National Patient Safety Foundatio...

March 13th, 2017
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This joint HPOE and Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital webinar discus...

November 8th, 2016
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At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...

September 16th, 2016
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In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...

September 16th, 2016
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Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...

September 16th, 2016
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Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...

September 16th, 2016
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The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...

September 16th, 2016
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The organization used both discrete event and live simulation methodologies to ensure the smooth ...

September 16th, 2016
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Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...

September 16th, 2016
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High rates of hospital readmissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...

September 16th, 2016
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As a health organization that serves communities disproportionately affected by asthma, Sinai Hea...

September 16th, 2016
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Overutilizing blood transfusions adds significant costs and can increase patient length of stay a...

September 16th, 2016
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A health system in rural Minnesota has helped develop an innovative model to prevent prescription...

August 15th, 2016
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A vigorous approach to quality improvement at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill., is ac...

August 1st, 2016
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The Sunday Shoes Program is an innovative solution to help heart failure patients monitor weight ...

May 9th, 2016
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Ten years ago, Mercy began telemedicine in its ICUs to improve patient outcomes. Today the St. Lo...

May 2nd, 2016
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By adopting a supplier diversity program, hospitals and health care systems can support minority-...

March 9th, 2016
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Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...

November 23rd, 2015
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Hospitals strive to achieve the Triple Aim. This collection of case studies features three exampl...

October 28th, 2015
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In accord with their commitment to equity of care and leadership diversity, hospitals and health ...

October 19th, 2015
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