Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Adirondack Health is working with multiple sectors of the community, such as the Franklin County ...

Ten years ago, Mercy began telemedicine in its ICUs to improve patient outcomes. Today the St. Lo...

When outpatients at Summa Health in Akron, Ohio, were frequently getting lost on their way to app...

More and more hospitals and health systems are leading community collaborations to create positiv...

Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...

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

Kennedy Health Decreases Sepsis BackgroundKennedy Health is an integrated health delivery system...

In accord with their commitment to equity of care and leadership diversity, hospitals and health ...

The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...

Addressing the complex needs of older patients and their caregivers is the focus of the Bridge Mo...

The work to advance health care equity is always evolving, always improving at Henry Ford Health ...

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

Diversity is becoming a key word in health care. Hospitals and health care systems are focusing o...

This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...

Working with community organizations, including competitors, Palmetto Health is improving the hea...

Palmetto Health has pursued multiple initiatives and strategies to promote a healthy community an...

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

Scorecards aren’t just for baseball and boxing. Health care leaders are using scorecards to track...

The hospital carried out a multidisciplinary team-based approach to improving the safety and appr...

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

University Hospitals, Cleveland, is advancing multiple care equity initiatives. The over 2,000-be...

Building a culture that is inclusive and founded on principles of diversity was a “key destinatio...

Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviat...

Southeastern Health, Lumberton, N.C. 452 beds 16,000 impatient admissions 76,000 emergency d...

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...

June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...

The Backyard Initiative at Allina Health, based in Minnesota, is truly taking care beyond hospita...

Greenville Health SystemGreenville, South Carolina786 Beds The Problem The diversity of the lead...

A commitment to diversity came first. That was followed by specific action projects to increase d...

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

Atlantic Health SystemNew Jersey1,308 Beds Atlantic Health System owns and operates Morristown M...

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

Kaiser PermanenteOakland, CAKaiser Permanente is a health care provider and nonprofit health plan...

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

It?s estimated that patients remember and understand about half of the information they receive f...

Enriching. That's how AnMed Health views the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity of its ...

Enriching. That's how AnMed Health views the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity of its ...

Barnes-Jewish HospitalSt. Louis, MO1,305 Beds The Problem Barnes-Jewish Hospital created the Cen...

The fall intervention program identified areas needing improvement including a lack of multidisci...

Baylor Health Care SystemDallas, TX3,653 Beds The Problem The Baylor Health Care System Office o...

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

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...

Health Quest uses and benefits from a system wide root cause analysis policy to address adverse a...

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

Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...

Changing demographics continue to fuel the growth of cultural diversity in Northeast Ohio. In tur...

Quality improvement and transparency go hand in hand, David Ballard, M.D., senior vice president ...

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