Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Improving the health of communities where people live, work and play is more important than ever....

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

To improve community health, Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics (MGH&FC) in Shelton, Wash...

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

More and more hospitals are offering a wide variety of health and wellness programs and benefits ...

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 ...

Homelessness is a hidden but real issue in Chittenden County, VT. University of Vermont Medical C...

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

Northern Westchester Hospital is improving their patients’ experience through the Food Is Care pr...

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

  The patient experience is more important today than ever before, with payments tied to patie...

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

This project explains how a multisite, outpatient breast cancer and lymphedema rehabilitation pro...

Advance care planning is a critical element of wellness for all adult patients, regardless of dia...

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...

Concussions are a growing problem for young athletes. The hospital’s overall goal is to educate a...

The organization used Lean Six Sigma process techniques to identify and support improved efficien...

As a health organization that serves communities disproportionately affected by asthma, Sinai Hea...

The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital recently develope...

Carthage Area Hospital is improving patient and employee experiences by providing them with fresh...

Developing and sustaining hospital-community partnerships to address community health needs are c...

Effective and sustainable hospital-community partnerships are critical to building a Culture of H...

This HPOE guide, developed by Kaufman Hall, provides key considerations in partnering for populat...

Community health needs assessments—CHNAs—are becoming a driver of community collaborations and a ...

As nonprofit hospitals in the U.S. complete a community health needs assessments (CHNA) process, ...

This guide features case studies of the 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize winner and finalists. These ex...

Hospitals and communities are increasingly recognizing the importance of effective partnerships w...

For its excellent work addressing community health needs, Massachusetts General Hospital in Bosto...

Hospitals and health systems continually push to improve the health of their communities. Massach...

Demand for Brockton Neighborhood Health Center (BNHC) accelerated after it started in 1994 as a m...

Codman Square Health Center in downtown Dorchester, MA exemplifies how a health center can build ...

North Country HealthCare is a federally qualified health center serving fourteen communities in n...

Claremont Village is a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) public housing development in the ...

As one of only two hospitals in Yuma County, Yuma District Hospital and Clinic (YDHC) can ascerta...

A powerful tool for hospitals to address priority health needs of their patient population and th...

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...

June 5–11 is Community Health Improvement Week. The AHA’s Association for Community Health Improv...

An intervention to prevent childhood obesity has blossomed into a communitywide effort led by a l...

In January 2015, Southern Illinois Healthcare, based in Carbondale, was awarded an 18-month USDA ...

Funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Serv...

The link between hunger, food insecurity and poor health has been clearly acknowledged as a serio...

Hospitals and faith organizations are collaborating to improve health care outcomes and organize ...

This HPOE guide, a collaboration with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering, explores w...

State and regional hospital associations across the United States are recognizing hospitals and h...

St. Joseph Health, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, a 208-bed hospital in Napa, California, is...

The new HPOE  guide “Triple Aim Strategies to Improve Behavioral Health Care” describes strategie...

Recognizing the need to build a just culture, the leadership team at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hos...