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

February 10th, 2014
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The United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration office released...

January 24th, 2014
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On the Cusp Initiative GoalReduce the occurrence of two frequent hospital-acquired infections—ur...

September 16th, 2013
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This annual survey of employers provides a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health c...

August 20th, 2013
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Wrangell Medical CenterWrangell, AK22 Beds The Problem Wrangell Medical Center is located in Wra...

June 1st, 2013

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

May 13th, 2013
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Patients admitted to a hospital for one condition—congestive heart failure, for example—are typic...

April 8th, 2013
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Sentara HealthcareNorfolk, VA Sentara Healthcare is a nonprofit health care system headquartered...

January 1st, 2013
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The November issue of Trustee magazine delves into hospital mergers with a cover article featurin...

November 20th, 2012
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Physicians' steady interest in hospital employment — a trend that has accelerated in recent years...

November 16th, 2012
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In an era of team-based care, nurses are increasingly taking on new leadership roles. Beatrice Ka...

November 12th, 2012
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Authors William F. Jessee, MD and David Rowlee, Ph. D. from Integrated Healthcare Strategies, dis...

November 8th, 2012
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"Commitment to caring" and "quality improvement" and"patient engagement" are more than catchphras...

November 5th, 2012
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Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention ...

November 1st, 2012
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ASHHRA of the AHA, is the leading membership organization exclusively dedicated to meeting the pr...

October 12th, 2012
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Implementing clinical practice guidelines can improve the quality of patient care and positively ...

September 12th, 2012
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Authored by Kaufman Hall executives, this guide describes the groundwork and prerequisites requir...

September 1st, 2012
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An Alliance for Health Reform Toolkit produced with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundati...

August 27th, 2012
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An Alliance for Health Reform Toolkit produced with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundati...

August 20th, 2012
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Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...

February 1st, 2012
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Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center created the hospital point of dispensing (HPOD) t...

February 1st, 2012
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Rochester General Hospital formed a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement actions that ...

February 1st, 2012
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This P2P Series presents case studies of hospitals improving their environments to better support...

October 1st, 2011
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This report summarizes the results of that survey, which indicated that overall influenza vaccina...

August 19th, 2011
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Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from th...

August 9th, 2010
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Reducing preventable harm by half is a lofty goal for any hospital, let alone a large, integrated...

May 10th, 2010
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The Problem MRSA accounts for more than 18,000 deaths annually nationwide, according to the CDC....

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem DMC wanted to chart a new path for fulfilling its mission of offering the best possi...

July 1st, 2009
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With the goal of improving patient care while cutting waste and cost, a team of employees met to ...

January 1st, 2008
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In 2004, officials at Miller Electric, a division of Illinois-based Illinois Tool Works, knew the...

January 1st, 2008
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