Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

The work of a Washington D.C. collaborative of hospitals and FQHCs is benefiting the entire commu...

Community health initiatives that start with small successes can lead to bigger changes. St. Cath...

The 2016 chairman's columns have focused on  inspiring stories about hospitals and health systems...

Homelessness is a hidden but real issue in Chittenden County, VT. University of Vermont Medical C...

This HPOE guide, developed by Kaufman Hall, provides key considerations in partnering for populat...

As nonprofit hospitals in the U.S. complete a community health needs assessments (CHNA) process, ...

The Coachella Valley is a region in Southern California with an incredibly high rate of HIV. Base...

Across the United States, nonprofit hospitals are conducting community health needs assessments, ...

June 5–11 is Community Health Improvement Week. The AHA’s Association for Community Health Improv...

A new report from MHA and Collaborative Healthcare Strategies— State of the State: Reducing Readm...

Boston Children’s Hospital and its associated pediatric primary care physicians organization coll...

Children with complex medical conditions have a broad range of medical, social and supportive nee...

The Integrated Care Management Program is a care manager collaborative created to ensure a smooth...

With the national focus on decreasing hospital-acquired infections, Massachusetts General Hospita...

At Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, the pediatric intensive care unit has been implem...

Dedicated to eliminating catheter-associated urinary tract infections, North Shore Medical Center...

A collaborative network of hospitals and community organizations is improving behavioral health c...

To address disparities in health care outcomes, Main Line Health is proactively addressing socioe...

The largest drivers of disease in populations are unhealthy behaviors, such as smoking, unhealthy...

Since 2007, The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Psychiatry Residency program has help...

Hypertension—the silent killer—impacts more than one in three Americans and is a leading cause of...

A population health initiative in Rochester, New York, is bringing together two health care syste...

Massachusetts General Hospital's (MGH) 2012 community health needs assessment, in which communiti...

In 2008, the two hospital systems partnered with the city of Whittier, the YMCA of Greater Whitti...

July 2009-October 2011 baseline data for the blood culture contamination rate in the ED showed it...

Patient engagement is paramount to reducing readmissions and improving quality of life. That’s wh...

In addition to identifying priority health needs and aligning partners and resources to address c...

In January 2011, utilizing the hospital’s system-wide electronic medical records, a family medici...

The Muskegon Community Health Project, in partnership with Mercy Health Partners, is an inclusive...

The Department of Veterans Affairs home-based primary care  began in 1972.  Home-based primary ca...

Working with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this infographic summarizes the findings of a re...

AnMed Health is a non-profit health system and the largest employer in Anderson County, South Car...

The Road to Better Health Spartanburg has proven that working collectively and in partnership wit...

Partnering in 2014, the AHA Committee on Research and AHA Committee on Performance Improvement fo...

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

What is it? Now in its third year, Camp Med is a three-day, hands-on experience at the hospital t...

Montefiore Medical Center's School Health Program is the largest and most comprehensive school-ba...

Hospital-based Strategies for Creating a Culture of Health provides background on the Robert Wood...

OSF Healthcare, Peoria, Ill., wanted to improve the care of patients experiencing an ST elevation...

OSF Healthcare, Peoria, Ill., wanted to improve the care of patients experiencing an ST elevation...

Care for people with multiple chronic health conditions is often fragmented, resulting in increas...

Population health is receiving increased attention for its role in improving health care, specifi...

Results from an Association for Community Health Improvement and American Hospital Association Su...

This article discusses how using health adjusted life expectacy could bridge the gap between clin...

Healthy Communities of Clinton County Coalition Two teams of community members--a coalition of h...

Fletcher Allen Health Care's  Community Benefit CommitteeBurlington, VT About the Initiative:In ...

This report highlights nearly 80 evidence-based disease and injury prevention programs. These pro...

After a decade of war and an unprecedented number of combat deployments, our service members, vet...

This guide includes two sections that address collection and use of patient race, ethnicity and l...