Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

There is a critical need to elevate the discussion around workforce planning and development to e...

A complete list of every HPOE/HRET guide created since 2010. This list features nearly 80 guides ...

Hospitals are helping students with disabilities transition from school to the workplace. Mat-Su ...

This health system's employee influenza vaccination policy compliance rate was less than 70 perce...

Every aspect of a patient’s experience of care is influenced by valuable and often underused reso...

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

TeamSTEPPS is designed to improve patient safety through effective communication and teamwork ski...

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

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

The Heathcare Association of New York State announced its 2015 Community Health Improvement award...

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

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

Health care teams that communicate effectively reduce the potential for human error, resulting in...

In December 2008, the hospital spotlighted national Hospital Quality Measures performance and fou...

The feeling of being truly cared for leaves a lasting impression and aids in the healing process....

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

A Safe Patient Handling program (SPH) was initiated in 2006. A SPH vendor was chosen based upon e...

The Employee Flu Immunization Campaign Kit is designed to help hospitals, nursing homes, and othe...

Providing world-class quality health care may seem an audacious goal for a small or rural hospita...

A new member of the health care team is helping to improve clinical outcomes and patient experien...

Four generations are working side by side in hospitals and care systems today. Atlantic Health Sy...

The United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration office released...

Generational differences—one factor of diversity—are changing workforce dynamics. Traditionalists...

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

At North Shore-LIJ Health System, teamwork is everywhere. This New York health system uses TeamST...

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

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...

The University of Connecticut's community-based education program collaborated with community par...

Imagine being hospitalized for a serious illness and being unable to communicate with nurses or d...

Bellin Health SystemGreen Bay, WI Bellin Health System is a nonprofit integrated health care del...

Sentara HealthcareNorfolk, VA Sentara Healthcare is a nonprofit health care system headquartered...

Saint Elizabeth’s Medical CenterWabasha, MN25 Beds Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center, part of Min...

In 2012 the AHA Committee on Research focused on actively engaging health care users to improve o...

The November issue of Trustee magazine delves into hospital mergers with a cover article featurin...

Physicians' steady interest in hospital employment — a trend that has accelerated in recent years...

In an era of team-based care, nurses are increasingly taking on new leadership roles. Beatrice Ka...

Authors William F. Jessee, MD and David Rowlee, Ph. D. from Integrated Healthcare Strategies, dis...

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

Many physicians are becoming employees of hospitals, medical groups or affiliate organizations. F...

Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...

A just culture. A culture of transparency. A patient-first culture. Culture transformation at Uni...

AHVRP, a professional membership group of the AHA,  is the premier professional membership societ...

ASHHRA of the AHA, is the leading membership organization exclusively dedicated to meeting the pr...

Purpose: To explore surgeons' perceptions of the factors that influence their intraoperative deci...

The survey was sent by email to over 630,000 physicians (approximately 84 percent of all physicia...

Implementing clinical practice guidelines can improve the quality of patient care and positively ...

Authored by Kaufman Hall executives, this guide describes the groundwork and prerequisites requir...

An Alliance for Health Reform Toolkit produced with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundati...