This AHA webinar engaged participants in a discussion related to global budgets – one of the nine...

November 1st, 2017
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On May 7, 2017, I swore an oath to become the 118th chairman of the American Hospital Association...

May 8th, 2017
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This weekend kicks off a not-to-be-missed event for hospital and health system leaders: the AHA’s...

May 2nd, 2017

Nurses have always been on the front lines at hospitals providing quality, compassionate care for...

April 4th, 2017
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I have been so proud to see America’s hospitals and health systems speak so passionately on behal...

March 29th, 2017
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There is a critical need to elevate the discussion around workforce planning and development to e...

February 22nd, 2017
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Like many hospitals, SBH Health System uses the computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system. ...

February 2nd, 2017
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A complete list of every HPOE/HRET guide created since 2010. This list features nearly 80 guides ...

January 9th, 2017
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This joint HPOE and Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital webinar discus...

November 8th, 2016
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Hospitals are helping students with disabilities transition from school to the workplace. Mat-Su ...

November 7th, 2016
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Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...

September 16th, 2016
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This health system's employee influenza vaccination policy compliance rate was less than 70 perce...

September 16th, 2016
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Because the medical center’s lost charge capture related to IV injection and infusions totaled $8...

September 16th, 2016
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Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...

September 16th, 2016
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Turnaround time for immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains in the laboratory of a 500 bed tertiary car...

September 16th, 2016
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The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...

September 16th, 2016
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Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...

September 16th, 2016
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This project has decreased cycle time for medication reconciliation at time of admission and for ...

September 16th, 2016
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The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...

September 16th, 2016
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Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...

September 16th, 2016
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The organization used both discrete event and live simulation methodologies to ensure the smooth ...

September 16th, 2016
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The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...

September 16th, 2016
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Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...

September 16th, 2016
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The utilization review staff at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital examines medical records for inpati...

September 16th, 2016
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A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...

September 16th, 2016
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The clinic throughput time was viewed as excessive and lacked standardized best practices. A new ...

September 16th, 2016
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Surgery case cancellation rates OSF Center for Health were 10.5 percent over six months. This cre...

September 16th, 2016
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Outpatient registration at OSF Center for Health required patients to stand in line for extended ...

September 16th, 2016
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Every aspect of a patient’s experience of care is influenced by valuable and often underused reso...

September 12th, 2016
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A vigorous approach to quality improvement at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill., is ac...

August 1st, 2016
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Mercy, a large Catholic health care system, began its telehealth initiatives with an eICU program...

April 22nd, 2016
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In January 2015, Southern Illinois Healthcare, based in Carbondale, was awarded an 18-month USDA ...

April 22nd, 2016
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Funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Serv...

April 22nd, 2016
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When outpatients at Summa Health in Akron, Ohio, were frequently getting lost on their way to app...

April 11th, 2016
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This HPOE guide, a collaboration with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering, explores w...

March 31st, 2016
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State and regional hospital associations across the United States are recognizing hospitals and h...

March 21st, 2016
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At hospitals, health care systems and state, regional and metropolitan hospital associations acro...

February 22nd, 2016

Mission accomplished, but the work continues. At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in L...

December 14th, 2015

In this study, the research team sought to compare the performance of provider-sponsored health p...

December 4th, 2015
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Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...

November 23rd, 2015
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TeamSTEPPS is designed to improve patient safety through effective communication and teamwork ski...

November 19th, 2015
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Leadership, innovation and commitment to quality and safety—all are needed to deliver exceptional...

November 16th, 2015

The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...

October 6th, 2015
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The Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence website highlights quality improvement stories at hundreds...

September 14th, 2015
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In early 2011, AHA members, committees, regional policy boards and staff discussed and crafted a ...

August 12th, 2015

This year's winners of Health Care's Most Wired Survey are employing information technology to he...

August 10th, 2015
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The Heathcare Association of New York State announced its 2015 Community Health Improvement award...

July 21st, 2015

This paper illustrates ONC’s 10-year vision for advancing health IT capabilities in a manner that...

July 6th, 2015
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The concept of the Triple Aim is  widely used, partially because of IHI’s work with many organiza...

July 1st, 2015
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