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Adirondack Health is working with multiple sectors of the community, such as the Franklin County ...
Homelessness is a hidden but real issue in Chittenden County, VT. University of Vermont Medical C...
Analyzing contributing factors and implementing targeted, sustainable solutions have helped hospi...
While much work has been done in the hospital setting, patient falls continue to be a problem. As...
A health care collaboration in rural Missouri is expanding patient access to primary and behavior...
Since September 2015, the AHA/HRET HEN 2.0 hospitals have been working to reduce hospital-acquire...
Reducing and eliminating patient harm are at the forefront of patient safety and continue to be a...
This project addresses the health care system's strategic initiative to ensure interdisciplinary ...
The hospital identified an opportunity to improve its discharge planning process to allow more ti...
In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...
Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...
The problem faced by the health system was the lack of a coordinated approach for the review and ...
Advance care planning is a critical element of wellness for all adult patients, regardless of dia...
The Reducing Readmissions: Making Data Real project decreased acute rehospitalization rates by al...
Limited provider appointment availability in the clinic was causing delays for patients seeking c...
The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...
The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...
For several years, the hospital has been focused on reducing 30-day readmissions. After learning ...
Overutilizing blood transfusions adds significant costs and can increase patient length of stay a...
This project involves raising awareness and expanding the palliative care program at HSHS St. Joh...
Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...
Inconsistencies in the discharge process provide an opportunity to standardize that process, redu...
The goal of this quality improvement project was to reduce the length of hospitalization, to impr...
“Every staff member counts” and “every patient counts.” With this mantra, AllianceHealth Pryor in...
The AHA's Physician Leadership Forum and Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative have relea...
A health system in rural Minnesota has helped develop an innovative model to prevent prescription...
Effective and sustainable hospital-community partnerships are critical to building a Culture of H...
The Coachella Valley is a region in Southern California with an incredibly high rate of HIV. Base...
An integrated health system headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Avera Health serves patie...
Based in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Gundersen Health System is an integrated tertiary referral center ...
St. Joseph Health, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, a 208-bed hospital in Napa, California, is...
The new HPOE guide “Triple Aim Strategies to Improve Behavioral Health Care” describes strategie...
Throughout the country, primary care is faced with ongoing waves of healthcare reform (e.g. Accou...
Mercy Medical Center committed to delivering the highest quality care with the greatest efficienc...
As part of the efforts to ensure that all primary care practices across the network are recognize...
Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital Physician’s Organization implem...
As part of an effort to ensure that all primary care practices across the network are recognized ...
Many patients who find themselves in a situation where they are experiencing worsening symptoms o...
For the past 30 years, the Healthcare for the Homeless Program has addressed the health needs of ...
The Integrated Care Management Program is a care manager collaborative created to ensure a smooth...
MOU—Mobile Observation Unit—provides home-based urgent care for patients experiencing at-risk med...
Every day, hospitals are successfully meeting challenges and providing quality care in their comm...
Focusing on value-based payment structures has helped Mount Auburn Hospital design care delivery ...
Hospitals and health care systems are striving to achieve the Triple Aim—improving the patient ex...
The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) developed this compendium to link patient and fami...