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

October 3rd, 2017
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As a new generation of payment and delivery system reform emerges, much focus has been on a subse...

October 3rd, 2017
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April is National Minority Health Month, dedicated to raising awareness about health disparities ...

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

March 13th, 2017
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March 12–18 is Patient Safety Awareness Week. HPOE.org offers guides, tools, case studies...

March 10th, 2017

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

March 2nd, 2017
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Cortland Regional Medical Center’s Transitional Care Program is working to reduce 30-day readmiss...

January 6th, 2017
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The 2016 chairman's columns have focused on  inspiring stories about hospitals and health systems...

December 19th, 2016

When hospitals engage community members and patients in the community health assessment process, ...

December 1st, 2016
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Quality and safety are “top of the agenda” at urban and rural hospitals across the country. At Ho...

November 28th, 2016
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Analyzing contributing factors and implementing targeted, sustainable solutions have helped hospi...

October 10th, 2016
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While much work has been done in the hospital setting, patient falls continue to be a problem. As...

October 4th, 2016
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Northern Westchester Hospital is improving their patients’ experience through the Food Is Care pr...

September 26th, 2016
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  The patient experience is more important today than ever before, with payments tied to patie...

September 21st, 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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Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...

September 16th, 2016
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In 2008, the health system’s program to contact discharged emergency department (ED) and immediat...

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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The goal of this project was to standardize protocols for controlling patient pain following tota...

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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