Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

This joint HPOE and Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital webinar discus...

Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...

Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...

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

The organization used both discrete event and live simulation methodologies to ensure the smooth ...

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

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

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

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

Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center established the Quality Excellence Council at the beg...

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

Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident ca...

Protecting workers from exposure to all types of respiratory hazards is an important issue for ho...

This toolkit from OSHA is availalbe to the public and contains references, educational resources ...

Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...

Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviat...

In conjunction with Health Services Research, this webinar showcases health IT developments in th...

Cybersecurity vulnerabilities and intrusions pose risks for every hospital and its reputation. Wh...

With the rise in higher-deductible health plans and coinsurance, Americans are paying an increasi...

The patient experience as measured by patient satisfaction scores is an organizational goal. In t...

Hospitals pursuing environmental sustainability are not only contributing to healthier communitie...

Hospitals and health care systems can support their missions and also many additional benefits by...

This guide explains why hospital leaders should explore sustainability strategies for their organ...

This podcast series explores a variety of different topics around patient safety and performance ...

The health care industry is shifting from volume- to value-based payment and care delivery models...

A special issue of Health Services Research on “Health Information Technology” is now available. ...

St. Joseph Regional Health Center went on a Lean journey to not only save money, but improve the ...

This guide is a synopsis of a conversation held at the Association for Healthcare Resource & Mate...

Lean transformation means improved patient care, employee satisfaction and reduced costs as MSHA ...

Southeastern Health, Lumberton, N.C. 452 beds 16,000 impatient admissions 76,000 emergency d...

St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn. 396 licensed beds Full-service teaching hospi...

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (Glendale, Wis.) 11 hospitals, 70 clinic sites, three long-term ...

Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

This annual survey of employers provides a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health c...

Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

In July 2013, the AHA released another collection of action-oriented resources that can help hosp...

Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital and Northern Counties Health Care, Inc.,  have had a long-...

Telepsychiatry is playing a pivotal role in providing timely care to hospitalized mental health p...

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

Emergency department overcrowding has created patient throughput challenges with 2012 volume alre...

Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...

An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...

This webinar provided an understanding of how scientific operations management and IHO Variabilit...

Barriers and Strategies for Overcoming Them To identify the barriers to implementation and the s...

Joint ventures between investor-owned and nonprofit health care organizations are not new; in fac...

This article explores eight of the most challenging and interesting issues that hospital leaders ...

"Commitment to caring" and "quality improvement" and"patient engagement" are more than catchphras...

Health plans and Medicare are using cost profiles to identify which physicians account for more h...

When patients are given decision aids, such as educational booklets, DVDs, or interactive tools, ...

Beginning in 2014, the reporting of clinical quality measures will change for all providers. Elec...