Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

In response to a rapidly transforming health care environment, hospitals and health systems acros...

BackgroundHenry Ford Health System is a not-for-profit corporation composed of hospitals, medical...

BackgroundMedStar Health is a not-for-profit health system in the Maryland and Washington, D.C., ...

BackgroundMultiCare Health System is a not-for-profit health care organization based in Tacoma, W...

BackgroundOchsner Health System in southeast Louisiana manages 13 hospitals and more than 40 heal...

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

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

At hospitals and health care systems across the country, executives, clinicians and staff are lea...

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

This project addresses the health care system's strategic initiative to ensure interdisciplinary ...

Rates of inpatient medication errors range from 45 to 76 percent, with most errors occurring on-a...

Funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Serv...

Based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Gundersen Health System is an integrated tertiary referral center ...

April is National Minority Health Month. Led by the HHS Office of Minority Health, the 2016 event...

This HPOE guide, a collaboration with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering, explores w...

Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Montana, is working with community stakeholders, inc...

Citrus Valley Health Partners (CVHP) is a nonprofit comprehensive health care system based in Los...

The health system's vision in 2014 was "to transform the delivery and financing of health care to...

Leadership, innovation and commitment to quality and safety—all are needed to deliver exceptional...

Hospitals and health systems are focusing on cultural competence to create an environment and wor...

Each year, the Illinois Hospital Association recognizes and celebrates the achievements of Illino...

The AHA and the American Medical Association collaborated on this paper to present both physician...

The Institute for Diversity in Health Management, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, works close...

United Memorial Medical Center, Batavia, N.Y., focused on patients with congestive heart failure,...

South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, N.Y., focused on educating patients with chronic co...

Lexington Regional Health Center, a 25-bed facility in Lexington, Nebraska, used best practices a...

NCH Healthcare System, a 325-bed facility in Naples, Florida, started its journey to reduce harm ...

This HPOE webinar, held in conjunction with the Institute for Diversity in Health Management, fea...

Based in the Pennsylvania cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Hazleton, Lehigh Valley Health Netwo...

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

The Minority Faculty Development Awards program at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cl...

California's Central Valley is known for its abundant fruits and vegetables; however, many famili...

The growing undergraduate public health movement in the nation is exciting; yet, concerns linger ...

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

African immigrants and refugees represent four percent of the total population in the United Stat...

Increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of the nation's health professions workforce has many ...

In a this video, leaders from CHRISTUS Health provide an overview of the Equity of Care initiativ...

This HPOE webinar, held with the Institute for Diversity, highlights Henry Ford Health System, wh...

INTEGRIS Health is the largest Oklahoma-owned health care corporation. Its facilities cover the c...

Although rare and difficult to study, wrong-site surgery is a serious risk recognized by health c...

Meridian Health is a leading not-for-profit health care organization in New Jersey, comprised of ...

The May 2014 edition of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved highlights lingui...

Rooftop gardens are flourishing atop more and more hospitals. On unused roof space at Castle Medi...

This viewpoint article examines the barriers to improving health outcomes, eliminating disparitie...

Four generations are working side by side in hospitals and care systems today. Atlantic Health Sy...

The 2014 AHA Chair-elect Jonathan  Perlin, MD, co-authored this paper and companion financial mod...

Generational differences—one factor of diversity—are changing workforce dynamics. Traditionalists...

Pinnacle Health System Harrisburg, PA599 Beds The Problem Health systems are no longer simply as...

Reducing health care disparities is a growing national priority and state hospital associations a...

This report discusses the importance of health in all policies, an approach to improving health b...