Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

There is a critical need to elevate the discussion around workforce planning and development to e...

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

According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...

Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...

After reducing health care-acquired deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE) in 2011,...

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

Restraint documentation was a challenge at the hospital for multiple reasons, including the imple...

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

Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...

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

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...

Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...

The emergency department (ED) was experiencing extended lengths of stay for psychiatric patients,...

Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...

The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...

The health system did not have an adequate process for notifying staff when a patient was on cont...

The project focused on managing sepsis in the emergency department and in admitted patients, with...

The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...

The ultimate goal for patients who are mechanically ventilated is to promptly and safely disconti...

This project involves raising awareness and expanding the palliative care program at HSHS St. Joh...

Administration of medications is one of the most error-prone stages in the medication use process...

Creating a quieter hospital environment can help the healing process and improve the patient expe...

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

Patient and system tracers have been conducted at this institution since 2008. Prior to this proj...

A house wide effort was lead this year to teach and embed continuous improvement methodology and ...

Throughout the country, primary care is faced with ongoing waves of healthcare reform (e.g. Accou...

Tufts Medical Center made a decision to create its own quality improvement training for its workf...

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

The ICMP Program is a Care Manager collaborative created to ensure the transition of patient care...

Under the leadership of the Process Improvement (PI) Department, the organization has been drivin...

North Shore Medical Center is dedicated to safely transitioning all emergency department patients...

Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that diagnostic care for patients who were referred within the...

The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) developed this compendium to link patient and fami...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals that demonstrate progress in achieving ...

The project improved the pharmacy to hospital floor Rx process to decrease returns, optimize auto...

Broadens view of care delivery from hospital-based practice to the entire bundle episode (30-days...

This AHRQ video vignette  illustrates how to engage dialysis patients in infection prevention....

Patient and family engagement is associated with fewer adverse events, lower health care costs, d...

The goal of this project was to decrease the utilization rates of indwelling urinary catheters an...

Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...

An accurate home medication list serves as the "source of truth" for the entire process of medica...

Falls prevention continues to be a focus on all patient units and is a priority for safe care thr...

The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...

The C. diff collaborative is an ongoing initiative that was developed to improve the early identi...

Erie County Medical Center's "boots on the floor" initiative began by hiring five full-time patie...

The Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence website highlights quality improvement stories at hundreds...

Read about how patient and family engagement practices are related to patient experiences. This s...

Utilization of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Outcomes Improvements, 30-Day Readmissions and Morta...

The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...

The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...