Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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

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...

When hospitals engage community members and patients in the community health assessment process, ...

Quality and safety are “top of the agenda” at urban and rural hospitals across the country. At Ho...

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

In 2008, the health system’s program to contact discharged emergency department (ED) and immediat...

The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...

The goal of this project was to standardize protocols for controlling patient pain following tota...

Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...

The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...

The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's quality award submissions are highlighted on HPOE....

A “Germ Crusher” challenge at Children’s Hospital Colorado brought together leadership, staff, pa...

Across the United States, nonprofit hospitals are conducting community health needs assessments, ...

Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) have the potential to be powerful drivers to enhance t...

Hospitals and health care systems are increasingly focused on finding better ways to deliver care...

The premise of this project was that failure to maintain a patient's respect and dignity represen...

North Shore Medical Center aims to provide the perfect patient experience based on evidence-based...

The Integrated Care Management Program is a care manager collaborative created to ensure a smooth...

To address disparities in health care outcomes, Main Line Health is proactively addressing socioe...

An accurate home medication list serves as the "source of truth" for the entire process of medica...

As hospitals expand their focus on providing equitable care, attention on those who are lesbian, ...

Patients are often poorly prepared to manage acute and chronic conditions following their dischar...

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

This toolkit has tips on  Selecting Patients and Families to Serve as Advisors Preparation fo...

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

Building successful partnerships with patients and families may be a key strategy in a hospital’s...

Variation and delays in the early mobilization of patients in the ICU can result in an increased ...

Children with cystic fibrosis have better lung function and survival rates if their body mass ind...

NCH Healthcare System, a 325-bed facility in Naples, Florida, started its journey to reduce harm ...

Saint Anthony Health Center, Alton, Ill., took a hard look at data from its cancer program and fo...

Care for people with multiple chronic health conditions is often fragmented, resulting in increas...

Crossroad Health Center is a federally qualified health center and level 3 patient-centered medic...

All practices participating in Better Health Greater Cleveland collect and submit data on patient...

The Greater Detroit Area Health Council is taking an innovative approach to reducing disparities ...

National Hospital Week celebrates the men and women working in U.S. hospitals and care systems wh...

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

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

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

There were between 462,000 and 636,000 CLABSIs in nonneonatal critical care patients in the Unite...

The medical center experienced a 115 percent increase in behavioral health (BH) patients presenti...

Disparities in care were noted for diabetes, cardio vascular disease and cancer screeening for Hm...

Clinicians and health care providers incorporate evidence-based clinical interventions to improve...

Little is known about the unique health needs and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans...

This case study explores the process of accessing health care from the perspective of the immigra...

Approximately 24 million people--8.5 percent of the U.S. population--are defined as having Limite...

To reduce the time to first dose of antibiotics to directly admitted pediatric oncology patients ...

The goal was to improve turnaround times of troponin and EKGs within the cardiac patient populati...

During 2012, despite economic challenges, hospitals and health care systems throughout the United...