Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Nurses have always been on the front lines at hospitals providing quality, compassionate care for...

As many older patients are affected by Clostridium difficile (C.diff) in hospital settings, South...

March 12-18, 2017, is Patient Safety Awareness Week, led by the National Patient Safety Foundatio...

March 12–18 is Patient Safety Awareness Week. HPOE.org offers guides, tools, case studies...

U.S. health care leaders are continually working to improve care processes while advancing a medi...

Communities around the country are experiencing challenges in preventing substance use. For some ...

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

To help reduce 30-day readmission rates, South Nassau Communities Hospital implemented “Right Car...

SBH Health System implemented numerous strategies to reduce the number of Cather-Associated Urina...

Cortland Regional Medical Center’s Transitional Care Program is working to reduce 30-day readmiss...

Quality and safety are “top of the agenda” at urban and rural hospitals across the country. At Ho...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize recognizes leadership and innovation in quality improvem...

MedEx Bedside Prescription Delivery is the very first bedside medication delivery service for hos...

In July 2016, the AHA/HRET Hospital Engagement Network (HEN) 2.0 hosted a state hospital associat...

The AHA/HRET Hospital Engagement Network (HEN) 2.0 identifies best practices proven to reduce hos...

Since September 2015, the American Hospital Association (AHA)/Health Research & Educational Trust...

Since 2012, the Aiming for Zero program at Northwell Hospital is continuously working to reduce C...

The best way to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) is to limit the use ...

Reducing and eliminating patient harm are at the forefront of patient safety and continue to be a...

According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...

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...

After reducing health care-acquired deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE) in 2011,...

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...

While the implementation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ venous thromboembolism ...

The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...

This project was based on a multidisciplinary approach that focused on the admission process for ...

The Reducing Readmissions: Making Data Real project decreased acute rehospitalization rates by al...

The goal of this project was to standardize protocols for controlling patient pain following tota...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...

Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...

The 2012 New England Compounding Center tragedy and ongoing drug shortages have caused a dramatic...

The goal of this project was to reduce the incidence of contrast-induced neuropathy (CIN) as a re...

Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...

Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...

Patient falls during hospitalization can lead to increased inpatient care costs, decreased patien...

The organization initiated a project identified by the Infection Control Committee to reduce Fole...

A history as a resource-challenged urban safety net hospital with a high-risk population, a lack ...

A review of the hospital’s quality indicators revealed an unacceptable rate of catheter-associate...

Although episiotomy was once considered a routine part of childbirth, in recent years, there has ...

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 ...

The medical center has made significant progress in improving physician-patient communication thr...

The prevention of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) is a major focus for health care orga...

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a major cause of morbidity and morta...

A systematic, repeatable approach was developed to monitor pneumonia patients 30 days following d...

Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...

By using evidence-based medicine and hardwiring concurrent review, HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Hig...