Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

To help reduce 30-day readmission rates, South Nassau Communities Hospital implemented “Right Car...

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

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

In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...

The Reducing Readmissions: Making Data Real project decreased acute rehospitalization rates by al...

High rates of hospital readmissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...

For several years, the hospital has been focused on reducing 30-day readmissions. After learning ...

A systematic, repeatable approach was developed to monitor pneumonia patients 30 days following d...

Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...

This academic medical center developed and implemented a program to improve outcomes and reduce r...

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

The Sunday Shoes Program is an innovative solution to help heart failure patients monitor weight ...

A new report from MHA and Collaborative Healthcare Strategies— State of the State: Reducing Readm...

Hallmark Health System, Inc., is participating in the Community-based Care Transitions Program (C...

The Hospital Group focused on reducing the readmission rate on the rehabilitation service unit (R...

This health care system's unique post-acute care (PAC) continuum of Inpatient Rehabilitation Faci...

Every day, hospitals are successfully meeting challenges and providing quality care in their comm...

Hospital readmissions are costly for both patients and facilities. At the time of discharge, pati...

A unique telemedicine consultation between a rural hospital and skilled rehabilitation/nursing fa...

The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...

The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...

The health care system has been working to reduce acute care readmissions for the targeted popula...

The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...

...and therefore decrease the hospital’s financial risk as part of health care reform, increase c...

A patient's home environment or lack of support system can have a negative impact on their health...

Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...

The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...

To align the hospital ministry with the needs of the community and to reduce avoidable health car...

The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...

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

The project began with a focus on CHF readmissions. As the multidisciplinary team saw decreases i...

Garfield Medical Center, a 210-bed facility in Monterey, California, used best practices and peer...

Presence St. Mary’s Hospital, Kankakee, Ill., improved readmission rates for heart failure patien...

Pekin (Ill.) Hospital used plan-do-study-act with evidence-based practice research, guidelines re...

A gap analysis was conducted. Key themes emerged in this analysis such as inadequate preparation ...

Since 2010, the academic medical center has been supporting a program to reduce 30-day all cause ...

Improving care after discharge translates to decreased readmissions. Marshall Medical Center, a 1...

This article found that county characteristics are independently associated with higher hospital ...

A “simple” complex plan is reducing readmissions at Wythe County Community Hospital, a 100-bed fa...

The Collaborative on Reducing Hospital Readmissions GoalUnderstand readmission causes and adopt ...

Patients admitted to a hospital for one condition—congestive heart failure, for example—are typic...

Data suggests that the hospital has a three year (2006-2009) CHF readmission average of 24.2 perc...

Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...

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

Objective: To understand factors leading to all-cause 30-day readmissions in a community hospital...

This audio program features current news and information from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Rese...

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

Patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction or congestive heart failure are more likely...

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

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