Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

This guide is a synopsis of a conversation held at the Association for Healthcare Resource & Mate...

Pinnacle Health System Harrisburg, PA599 Beds The Problem Health systems are no longer simply as...

Preventing hospital-acquired infections, reducing surgical complications and reducing readmission...

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

The path to eliminating disparities in health care has a few roadblocks: limited resources and ac...

Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals and health systems that have...

The community guide is a resource to help hospitals and community organizations choose programs t...

After more than a decade of war, many U.S. military service members have experienced an unprecede...

This HPOE presentation highlights the business imperative for equity of care.  As the health care...

Reducing health care disparities is a growing national priority and state hospital associations a...

This article discusses opportunities for health care providers to leverage Affordable Care Act re...

Focusing on strategies to improve quality, address disparities and achieve equity will be essenti...

Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals and health systems that have...

This article discusses the importance of a holistic approach to community development in order to...

Focusing on strategies to improve quality and achieve health care equity is a growing national pr...

Lean transformation means improved patient care, employee satisfaction and reduced costs as MSHA ...

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

This brief focuses on updating significant points concerning community health needs assessment an...

Patients are becoming empowered. As health care consumers, they are reviewing publicly available ...

Learn from the best of the best. The 2013 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® recipients will s...

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

Goal-Save lives, reduce suffering and lower costs related to complications of surgery. Developed...

This report highlights five years of quality improvement among Florida hospitals. It highlights "...

Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network GoalsReduce patient harm by 40 percent and ...

At North Shore-LIJ Health System, teamwork is everywhere. This New York health system uses TeamST...

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

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

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

Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

Research shows that when patients are engaged in their health care, it can lead to measurable imp...

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

This annual survey of employers provides a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health c...

Newark Department of Child and Family Well-BeingNewark NJ The Problem In 2003, The Newark (N.J.)...

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

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

Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

Million Hearts is a national initiative to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017. I...

In July 2013, the AHA released another collection of action-oriented resources that can help hosp...

This articles explores how HealthPartners decided to target nonclinical determinants of populatio...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality prize honors hospitals that have a committed in a systemic man...

This article aims to define the term "healthy communities" based on existing literature on the to...

Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the flagship publication of the AHA, has put together a web...

The case study addresses a hospital-based tobacco cessation initiative that serves patients regar...

The compendium is a collection of action-oriented resources that can help design and implement st...

Throughout the past decade, there has been a substantial increase in the national frequency of po...

Here’s a disheartening statistic from the National Cancer Institute: in the United States, white ...

Here's a disheartening statistic from the National Cancer Institute: in the United States, white ...

To become an effective population health manager, a hospital must create effective partnerships. ...

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

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