Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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

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

Turnaround time for immunohistochemistry (IHC) stains in the laboratory of a 500 bed tertiary car...

The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...

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

This project has decreased cycle time for medication reconciliation at time of admission and for ...

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

Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...

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

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

The utilization review staff at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital examines medical records for inpati...

Surgery case cancellation rates OSF Center for Health were 10.5 percent over six months. This cre...

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

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

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

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

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

Parental satisfaction with pediatric emergency department visits has been argued to be best predi...

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

This blog post is from H&HN, the journal of the American Hospital Association and was written by ...

The AHA and the American Medical Association collaborated on this paper to present both physician...

Human resources and the nursing leadership team worked together using a PDCA for rapid cycle impr...

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

This article from Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, ...

Avista Adventist Hospital, a 114-bed facility in Louisville, Colorado, used best practices and pe...

Baxter Regional Medical Center, a 268-bed facility in Mountain Home, Arkansas, used best practice...

Garfield Medical Center, a 210-bed facility in Monterey, California, used best practices and peer...

Los Alamitos Medical Center, a 167-bed facility in Los Alamitos, California, used best practices ...

Midstate Medical Center, a 134-bed facility in Meriden, Connecticut, committed to reducing harm a...

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

Ponca City Medical Center, a 140-bed facility in Ponca City, Oklahoma, used HEN best practices an...

Sanford Mayville Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Mayville, North Dakota, use...

St. Catherine Hospital, a 189-bed facility in East Chicago, Indiana, used best practices and peer...

Yuma Regional Medical Center, a 406-bed facility in Yuma, Arizona, used best practices and peer-t...

This webinar introduces and explains the ONC-sponsored SAFER guides, which can be found at http:/...

OSF Healthcare, Peoria, Ill., wanted to improve the care of patients experiencing an ST elevation...

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

The Missouri Hospital Association issued the Standardized, Plain Language Emergency Codes Impleme...

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...

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

The nation’s health care system is undergoing dramatic change as the country shifts to a value-ba...

Many of the nation's hospitals and health systems have made progress laying the building blocks f...

The nation’s health care system is undergoing dramatic change as the country shifts to a value-ba...

New Ulm Medical CenterNew Ulm, MN45 Beds The Problem New Ulm Medical Center, a critical access h...

Wrangell Medical CenterWrangell, AK22 Beds The Problem Wrangell Medical Center is located in Wra...

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

Patients admitted to a hospital for one condition—congestive heart failure, for example—are typic...