Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

This AHA webinar engaged participants in a discussion related to global budgets – one of the nine...

One out of five Americans, or over 40 million people, struggle with behavioral health each day. I...

Nurses have always been on the front lines at hospitals providing quality, compassionate care for...

I have been so proud to see America’s hospitals and health systems speak so passionately on behal...

You may not know Rachelle Schultz of Winona, MN—but you probably can appreciate the concerns she ...

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

Like many hospitals, SBH Health System uses the computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system. ...

Quality and safety are “top of the agenda” at urban and rural hospitals across the country. At Ho...

This joint HPOE and Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital webinar discus...

Analyzing contributing factors and implementing targeted, sustainable solutions have helped hospi...

Since September 2015, the AHA/HRET HEN 2.0 hospitals have been working to reduce hospital-acquire...

At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...

In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...

Because the medical center’s lost charge capture related to IV injection and infusions totaled $8...

The problem faced by the health system was the lack of a coordinated approach for the review and ...

The Reducing Readmissions: Making Data Real project decreased acute rehospitalization rates by al...

Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...

Turnaround time for immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains in the laboratory of a 500 bed tertiary car...

Limited provider appointment availability in the clinic was causing delays for patients seeking c...

The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...

Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...

This project has decreased cycle time for medication reconciliation at time of admission and for ...

The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...

Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...

The organization used both discrete event and live simulation methodologies to ensure the smooth ...

The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...

Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...

Inappropriate stress ulcer prophylaxis is a serious problem across the health care continuum. Lit...

Sepsis is a medical condition with high rates of morbidity, mortality and cost and it is the most...

High rates of hospital readmissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...

For several years, the hospital has been focused on reducing 30-day readmissions. After learning ...

As a health organization that serves communities disproportionately affected by asthma, Sinai Hea...

The utilization review staff at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital examines medical records for inpati...

A systematic, repeatable approach was developed to monitor pneumonia patients 30 days following d...

The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's quality award submissions are highlighted on HPOE....

Overutilizing blood transfusions adds significant costs and can increase patient length of stay a...

A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...

According to published research data, the majority of cardiac stent patients have no additional r...

Undergoing surgery of any kind can be a stressful experience for patients and their families. The...

Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...

The goal of this quality improvement project was to reduce the length of hospitalization, to impr...

Surgery case cancellation rates OSF Center for Health were 10.5 percent over six months. This cre...

Outpatient registration at OSF Center for Health required patients to stand in line for extended ...

This academic medical center developed and implemented a program to improve outcomes and reduce r...

“Every staff member counts” and “every patient counts.” With this mantra, AllianceHealth Pryor in...

The Lung Partners Primary Respiratory Care at the Crouse Hospital is managing the needs of patien...

A health system in rural Minnesota has helped develop an innovative model to prevent prescription...

A vigorous approach to quality improvement at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill., is ac...

Post-discharge phone calls are best practice, but multiple phone calls can confuse and frustrate ...

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