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To better serve its patients and reduce the effects of ineffective pain management, Mercy Hospita...
Nurses at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, part of Catholic Health, introduced a Diabetes Education Qui...
This week, June 4-10, 2017, the AHA's Association for Community Health Improvement is celebrating...
This HPOE and American Hospital Association Section for Maternal and Child Health webinar is abou...
The 2017 chair files will begin highlighting efforts that are improving community health beyond t...
Improving the health of communities where people live, work and play is more important than ever....
To improve community health, Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics (MGH&FC) in Shelton, Wash...
Homelessness is a hidden but real issue in Chittenden County, VT. University of Vermont Medical C...
A health care collaboration in rural Missouri is expanding patient access to primary and behavior...
Using the Triple Aim framework, hospitals and health systems can effectively address behavioral h...
At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...
Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...
After reducing health care-acquired deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE) in 2011,...
Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...
The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...
Because the medical center’s lost charge capture related to IV injection and infusions totaled $8...
The goal was to reduce anesthesia's postoperative evaluation errors to less than 10 percent of al...
The emergency department (ED) was experiencing extended lengths of stay for psychiatric patients,...
The organization used Lean Six Sigma process techniques to identify and support improved efficien...
The organization initiated a project identified by the Infection Control Committee to reduce Fole...
The project focused on managing sepsis in the emergency department and in admitted patients, with...
A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...
Undergoing surgery of any kind can be a stressful experience for patients and their families. The...
Outpatient registration at OSF Center for Health required patients to stand in line for extended ...
Post-discharge phone calls are best practice, but multiple phone calls can confuse and frustrate ...
Rates of inpatient medication errors range from 45 to 76 percent, with most errors occurring on-a...
Hospitals and faith organizations are collaborating to improve health care outcomes and organize ...
Norwood Hospital is a full-service, 263-bed community hospital in Norwood, Massachusetts. In 2013...
One patient safety tool can be used in all care and service areas, improving safety and quality f...
The new HPOE guide “Triple Aim Strategies to Improve Behavioral Health Care” describes strategie...
A house wide effort was lead this year to teach and embed continuous improvement methodology and ...
Tufts Medical Center made a decision to create its own quality improvement training for its workf...
Under the leadership of the Process Improvement (PI) Department, the organization has been drivin...
TEMPO: Together Everyone Improves Patient Outcomes, an initiative undertaken at Saint Vincent Hos...
Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital Physician’s Organization implem...
A collaborative network of hospitals and community organizations is improving behavioral health c...
This webinar will focus on two hospital-interfaith collaborations, one in Memphis that has been i...
The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals that demonstrate progress in achieving ...
The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals that demonstrate progress in achieving ...
The largest drivers of disease in populations are unhealthy behaviors, such as smoking, unhealthy...
Baseball managers tinker with team lineups to improve results on the field, and hospitals can do ...
This project aimed to reduce the OR turnover time for total joint cases. Baseline data showed it ...
Nine in 10 adults in the community lacked the literacy skills to manage their health and prevent ...
Hypoglycemia can cause considerable harm to patients including the potential for falls, seizures,...
The C. diff collaborative is an ongoing initiative that was developed to improve the early identi...
The Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence website highlights quality improvement stories at hundreds...
Teamwork champions on a diverse change team: These were key as The MetroHealth System in Clevelan...
This paper illustrates ONC’s 10-year vision for advancing health IT capabilities in a manner that...
Two health care systems and more than 20 community organizations are improving the health and wel...
This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...