Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

Using HOUDINI to eliminate CAUTI. It’s all about decreasing the inappropriate use of indwelling c...

A key component to making patient care safer is to track your data and progress towards improveme...

State and regional hospital associations across the United States are recognizing hospitals and h...

Meritus Health’s replacement hospital, Meritus Medical Center, opened five years ago in Washingto...

The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) developed this compendium to link patient and fami...

Mission accomplished, but the work continues. At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in L...

Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...

Each year more than one million patients in the United States are diagnosed with sepsis, a condit...

Kennedy Health Decreases Sepsis BackgroundKennedy Health is an integrated health delivery system...

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

This AHRQ video vignette  illustrates how to engage dialysis patients in infection prevention....

 White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital Center’s interdisciplinary team developed a disinfection procedure ...

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 ...

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

In 2009, a multi-pronged approach involving all stakeholders was launched aimed at early identifi...

Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...

Noting an upward trend in central line-associated blood stream infections, the hospital joined th...

A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...

The goal was to decrease the number of patients negatively affected by experiencing a post-operat...

This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

Sharing best practices and facilitating peer-to-peer learning were core elements of the AHA/HRET ...

For six months, Brandywine Hospital has not had one central line-associated bloodstream infection...

Nearly 1,500 U.S. hospitals are working to eliminate patient harm and reduce hospital readmission...

Strengthening - Treatment - Outcomes - Patients Elmhurst Hospital Center participated in develop...

Teamwork between infection control and environmental services professionals at Hunterdon Medical ...

Goal-Save lives, reduce suffering and lower costs related to complications of surgery. Developed...

The Florida Hospital Association highlights its quality improvement initiatives with several repo...

This report highlights five years of quality improvement among Florida hospitals. It highlights "...

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

Zero is an important number at Broward Health North. The 409-bed community hospital in Deerfield ...

It is both a sprint and a marathon.” That's how a team at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor,...

Only a small percentage of patients develop a health care-associated infection after surgery, and...

This guide describes a three-step action plan from the On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI project that helps...

Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the flagship publication of the AHA, has put together a web...

This webinar highlights the upcoming HPOE action guide, "Eliminating Catheter-Associated Urinary ...

Think of all the instruments, equipment and furniture in a hospital operating room. Any of these ...

More than 64 million surgeries are performed annually in the United States. Preventing surgical s...