Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

Because the medical center’s lost charge capture related to IV injection and infusions totaled $8...

A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...

Outpatient registration at OSF Center for Health required patients to stand in line for extended ...

The Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence website highlights quality improvement stories at hundreds...

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

This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...

After learning of the "90 minute" standard of care for providing definitive treatment for cardiac...

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

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...

There is a need for greater understanding of the factors that lead to improved process quality an...

The health care field leaves a large environmental footprint, but hospitals and health care syste...

Preventing hospital-acquired infections, reducing surgical complications and reducing readmission...

Eliminating hospital-acquired infections, preventing patient falls, reducing preventable readmiss...

As health care leaders implement diverse improvement projects, from reducing hospital-acquired in...

On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...

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

Concord (N.H.) Hospital • 230-bed regional medical center • 17,194 admissions • 295 medical staff...

Building a culture of quality and safety in hospitals requires accomplished and courageous health...

Hospitals are on a never-ending journey of quality improvement—employing new technologies and tec...

The IHI Improvement Capability Self‐Assessment Tool is designed to assist organizations in asse...

After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

A Lean project to address why physicians were not receiving lab results in a timely manner was im...

This Lean project focused on improving processes in central sterile processing. All processes for...

The OSF cardiac service line implemented a STEMI Improvement project to identify obstacles that c...

The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...

With nearly half of all emergency departments operating at or above capacity and the majority of ...

This commentary describes a template to standardize handoff education to drive safety improvement.

Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...

As part of a larger process redesign focused on Northern Westchester Hospital's inpatient medical...

In 2008, a project was underway to renovate Southampton Hospital's emergency department (upgradin...

In 2010, Southampton Hospital discovered that its process for checking and maintaining equipment/...

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Family Medicine Department made a commitment to improve the quality ...

A controversial safety intervention, rapid response systems (RRS) do not appear to improve clinic...

At the 7th Biennial Joanna Briggs International Colloquium in Chicago this fall, Kathi Patterson,...

This guide communicates the idea that workforce and human resource practices can positively impac...

Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine shocked the health care field and the general public wit...

The Problem Emergency departments across the nation are being stretched as more Americans rely o...

The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...

The Problem The results of blood tests are crucial to physician decision making. At St. Luke's, ...

The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...

Regional Health Improvement Collaborative provides a neutral, trusted mechanism through which all...