This compendium features detailed descriptions of hospital-community partnerships from across the...

August 29th, 2017
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It has become widely known that effective hospital-community partnerships are necessary in buildi...

August 24th, 2017
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Advancing population health involves fostering effective and sustainable hospital-community partn...

July 27th, 2017
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As identified in its 2014 Culture of Safety survey, the hospital’s overall mean score for the sta...

September 16th, 2016
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Developing and sustaining hospital-community partnerships to address community health needs are c...

August 8th, 2016
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Effective and sustainable hospital-community partnerships are critical to building a Culture of H...

August 4th, 2016
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Hospitals and communities are increasingly recognizing the importance of effective partnerships w...

June 28th, 2016
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Throughout the country, primary care is faced with ongoing waves of healthcare reform (e.g. Accou...

February 29th, 2016
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Education that increases awareness is one of the best ways to transform health outcomes. But, as ...

September 1st, 2015

Teamwork champions on a diverse change team: These were key as The MetroHealth System in Clevelan...

August 17th, 2015
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Health care teams that communicate effectively reduce the potential for human error, resulting in...

June 18th, 2015
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July 2009-October 2011 baseline data for the blood culture contamination rate in the ED showed it...

June 8th, 2015
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The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...

June 8th, 2015
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Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident ca...

May 29th, 2015
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The only acceptable number of avoidable patient harms is zero. At Ponca City (Okla.) Medical Cent...

March 9th, 2015

Building a culture of health means ensuring all people have the opportunity to live productive, h...

March 2nd, 2015
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Lexington Regional Health Center, a 25-bed facility in Lexington, Nebraska, used best practices a...

February 5th, 2015
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As the U.S. health care system transforms, hospitals are playing a greater role in building a cul...

January 15th, 2015
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Creating a culture of health requires community partnerships with every major stakeholder contrib...

December 9th, 2014
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How is your hospital building a culture of health in the community? That is, a culture in which a...

November 3rd, 2014
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How is your hospital building a culture of health in the community? That is, a culture in which a...

November 3rd, 2014
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Hospital-based Strategies for Creating a Culture of Health provides background on the Robert Wood...

October 16th, 2014
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The culture of an organization can actively support the commitment of its workforce by providing ...

August 12th, 2014
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Providing world-class quality health care may seem an audacious goal for a small or rural hospita...

March 10th, 2014
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Lean transformation means improved patient care, employee satisfaction and reduced costs as MSHA ...

October 1st, 2013
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On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...

September 16th, 2013
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Board members have a critical role to play in setting the tone for meaningful quality improvement...

July 17th, 2013
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This case study looks at he Joint Commission's recommendation related to culturally and linguisti...

March 12th, 2013
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Written by HRET staff member Cynthia Hedges Greising and AHA-NPSF Comprehensive Patient Safety Fe...

February 7th, 2013
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Authors William F. Jessee, MD and David Rowlee, Ph. D. from Integrated Healthcare Strategies, dis...

November 8th, 2012
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A just culture. A culture of transparency. A patient-first culture. Culture transformation at Uni...

October 15th, 2012
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A quality improvement project using Lean Six Sigma DMAIC method in a 500-bed tertiary medical cen...

June 1st, 2012
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Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...

February 1st, 2012
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In 2006, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation declared a bold vision for patient safety...

February 1st, 2012
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Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...

February 1st, 2012
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The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2012 User Comparative Database Report provides res...

January 1st, 2012
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The report provides: Background on health and wellness programs and how they are incentivized ...

January 1st, 2011
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At the AHA/Health Forum Leadership Summit in July, David Pryor, M.D., chief medical officer for S...

November 1st, 2010
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For many hospitals, the road to improved quality often begins with transparency, where unexpected...

July 12th, 2010
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