Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Transportation and the Role of Hospitals This AHA webinar on “Transportation and the Role of Hos...

“Transportation and the Role of Hospitals” is part of a series of guides and resources released b...

As a new generation of payment and delivery system reform emerges, much focus has been on a subse...

Advancing population health involves fostering effective and sustainable hospital-community partn...

Though health care professionals at hospitals work tirelessly to help patients get and stay healt...

As we close out National Mental Health Awareness month, I’d like to highlight a noteworthy effort...

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

This HPOE and the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) webinar focuses on how two hea...

This HPOE and American Hospital Association Section for Maternal and Child Health webinar is abou...

Nearly 1,500 hospitals and health systems are participating in the AHA’s #123forEquity Pledge to ...

April is National Minority Health Month, dedicated to raising awareness about health disparities ...

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

Serious dental problems can affect the overall well-being of an individual. Therefore, Mount St. ...

There is a critical need to elevate the discussion around workforce planning and development to e...

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

Communities around the country are experiencing challenges in preventing substance use. For some ...

In response to a rapidly transforming health care environment, hospitals and health systems acros...

BackgroundHenry Ford Health System is a not-for-profit corporation composed of hospitals, medical...

A complete list of every HPOE/HRET guide created since 2010. This list features nearly 80 guides ...

Cortland Regional Medical Center’s Transitional Care Program is working to reduce 30-day readmiss...

The 2016 chairman's columns have focused on  inspiring stories about hospitals and health systems...

Hospitals and health systems are working hard to ensure that every person in every community rece...

Increasingly, hospitals and health systems are forming partnerships to attain the new and demandi...

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

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize recognizes leadership and innovation in quality improvem...

Focusing on community needs using a data-driven approach and local resources has improved care fo...

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

Here’s an excellent opportunity for health care executives to study and discuss pressing health c...

Hospitals can create a culture of health in their own organization and in the community by develo...

In July 2016, the AHA/HRET Hospital Engagement Network (HEN) 2.0 hosted a state hospital associat...

Since September 2015, the American Hospital Association (AHA)/Health Research & Educational Trust...

A health care collaboration in rural Missouri is expanding patient access to primary and behavior...

The St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center created a Hypoglycemic Task Force to recognize and decrea...

At hospitals and health care systems across the country, executives, clinicians and staff are lea...

Using the Triple Aim framework, hospitals and health systems can effectively address behavioral h...

As consumers increasingly rely on information and reviews from a variety of sources to access all...

Reducing and eliminating patient harm are at the forefront of patient safety and continue to be a...

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

The hospital identified an opportunity to improve its discharge planning process to allow more ti...

Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...

Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...

This health system's employee influenza vaccination policy compliance rate was less than 70 perce...

While the implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ venous thromboembolism ...

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

The hospital identified two process improvement opportunities related to medication safety effort...

The Community Health Network (CHN) targets the socioeconomic determinants of health that are not ...

Today, about one out of three children and adolescents ages 2-19 in the United States is overweig...

This project was based on a multidisciplinary approach that focused on the admission process for ...

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

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