Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

MedEx Bedside Prescription Delivery is the very first bedside medication delivery service for hos...

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

Hospitals strive to achieve the Triple Aim. This collection of case studies features three exampl...

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

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

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

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

This article from Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, ...

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...

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (Glendale, Wis.) 11 hospitals, 70 clinic sites, three long-term ...

A summer internship program growing in Brooklyn is introducing minority high school students to c...

Doctors Hospital of Manteca/Tenet HealthcareManteca, CABeds: 73 The ProblemRealizing high-alert ...

How do you successfully integrate behavioral health and primary care? A recent HPOE webinar highl...

The glycemic collaborative is an ongoing, multidisciplinary initiative developed to improve blood...

Emory HealthcareAtlanta, GA Emory Healthcare, a large academic teaching system, deployed a patie...

Helen DeVos Children’s HospitalGrand Rapids, MI212 Beds Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital examined...

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

"Commitment to caring" and "quality improvement" and"patient engagement" are more than catchphras...

The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...

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

Improving patient flow throughout the Bon Secours Charity Health System is critical to patient sa...

Coney Island Hospital developed a crisis prevention, early intervention, and response team known ...

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...

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

Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

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

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

Joseph Betancourt, M.D., director of multicultural education for Massachusetts General Hospital i...

Alegent Health, a 10-hospital system based in Nebraska and Southwestern Iowa, wanted an electroni...

An AHA research synthesis report presents an overview of bundled payment, including evidence of i...

At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...

The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...

The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...

The Problem Medication safety is a strategic imperative in the organization. Each aspect of the ...

The Problem Good Samaritan's LWBS rate (2.1 percent) is close to the national average (2.0 perce...

The Problem Inapproprate inductions of labor, defined as elective iductions less than 39 weeks g...

The Problem According to a study published online by Health Affairs on January 15, 2008, the med...

The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...

The Problem The emergency department corrective action team began May 2, 2007 with the mission s...

The Problem With mechanical ventilation being a large part of care for critical patients, teh ne...

The Problem Bronson's patient safety committee appointed a task force to look at medication erro...

The Problem With the national average of hospital-acquired skin breakdown at 4.8 percent, Bronso...

The Problem After examining hospital data to pinpoint opportunities to improve, Gundersen Luther...

The Problem Like many urban safety net hospitals, Hahnemann University Hospital struggled with o...

The Problem Carolina Medical Center-Mercy worked on patient throughput in its ED, while developi...