Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

This year's winners of Health Care's Most Wired Survey are employing information technology to he...

This paper illustrates ONC’s 10-year vision for advancing health IT capabilities in a manner that...

Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...

Based on the consultant’s recommendations, Lee Memorial’s (Fort Myers, Fla.) senior management de...

The heart failure program began in 1995. The hospital developed a multidisciplinary heart failure...

During 2011, the hospital joined the IHA Project Re-Engineering Discharge (RED) collaborative to ...

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Hospitals and health care systems can support their missions and also many additional benefits by...

St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn. 396 licensed beds Full-service teaching hospi...

Improving discharge can reap multiple benefits for patients and providers, including reducing rea...

According to Leapfrog survey results, the hospital’s rate of elective deliveries prior to 39 week...

Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...

Griffin HospitalDerby, CT160 Beds Griffin Hospital is the flagship hospital for Planetree, Inc.,...

Increasing patient adherence to medications? Check. Providing safe, patient-centered care? Check...

The vascular access team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta embraced a multidisciplinary approac...

By "re-engineering"discharge and enhancing communication, The Chester County Hospital, West Chest...

Engaging and training diabetes patients is helping to change and save lives. Here's how: Rowan Re...

Our hospital was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative focused on improving qua...

A patient care initiative was created to eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ...

For people with diabetes, getting the proper treatment for foot wounds can prevent lingering prob...

In 2008, Albany Medical Center was one of 18 regional referral neonatal intensive care units to a...

Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...

A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...

Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...

Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...

Over the past eight years, an interdisciplinary team at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital prioritized...

To reduce the incidence and spread of hospitalacquired infections in two critical operational nod...

In response to an increase in fall-related injuries in its skilled nursing facility, Champlain Va...

With unique culture trends and stringent regulatory obligations, patient care units are often cha...

A temporary reduction in pharmacy hours at Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic contributed to med...

Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

As the new operations manager of Delaware Valley Hospital's primary care centers began her assess...

Ellis Medicine started this project in April 2010 to reduce readmissions, as readmissions are cli...

Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...

Good Samaritan Hospital's Clinical Transformation Team guided the formation of a Ventilator-Assoc...

An unprecedented cluster of infant falls from post-cesarean section mothers' arms sparked the mat...

Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...

The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia and central line-associated infections data for the third quarter...

Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...

The advent of computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. The use of CT...

In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...

Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...

Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...

Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed ...

Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from th...

When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...