To better serve its patients and reduce the effects of ineffective pain management, Mercy Hospita...

October 3rd, 2017
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The 2017 chair files will begin highlighting efforts that are improving community health beyond t...

February 6th, 2017
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The Association for Healthcare Volunteer Resource Professionals created a guide to help hospitals...

February 2nd, 2017
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When hospitals engage community members and patients in the community health assessment process, ...

December 1st, 2016
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The hospital identified two process improvement opportunities related to medication safety effort...

September 16th, 2016
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The blood bank relocated to a new hospital facility while the labor and delivery (L&D) unit remai...

September 16th, 2016
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A “Germ Crusher” challenge at Children’s Hospital Colorado brought together leadership, staff, pa...

July 11th, 2016
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Across the United States, nonprofit hospitals are conducting community health needs assessments, ...

June 9th, 2016
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Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) have the potential to be powerful drivers to enhance t...

June 7th, 2016
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The largest drivers of disease in populations are unhealthy behaviors, such as smoking, unhealthy...

November 12th, 2015
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Diversity and inclusion are key strategic goals at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in cen...

July 13th, 2015
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SMH was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative designed to improve quality, effi...

June 1st, 2015
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Engaging Leadership and Governance in Quality and Patient Safety Initiatives Ensuring safe, high...

April 15th, 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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U.S. hospitals aree xploring what it means to be a hospital in a rapidly transforming health care...

January 28th, 2015
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For nearly 20 years, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Jersey has partnered with the...

December 1st, 2014
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The Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, a partner of the Brooklyn Health Disparities Center, ...

November 1st, 2014
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Cybersecurity vulnerabilities and intrusions pose risks for every hospital and its reputation. Wh...

August 15th, 2014
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Each year, the AHA Committee on Performance Improvement takes an in-depth look at a single topic ...

February 21st, 2014
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Generational differences—one factor of diversity—are changing workforce dynamics. Traditionalists...

January 1st, 2014
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