Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...

Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...

Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...

The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...

The organization used both discrete event and live simulation methodologies to ensure the smooth ...

Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...

In January 2015, Southern Illinois Healthcare, based in Carbondale, was awarded an 18-month USDA ...

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

Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center established the Quality Excellence Council at the beg...

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

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...

Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident ca...

Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...

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

Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, a 237-bed facility in Orlando, Florida, used best practices and peer-to...

Hospital Menonita de Aibonito, a 150-bed facility in Aibonito, Puerto Rico, used best practices a...

Los Alamitos Medical Center, a 167-bed facility in Los Alamitos, California, used best practices ...

NCH Healthcare System, a 325-bed facility in Naples, Florida, started its journey to reduce harm ...

Ponca City Medical Center, a 140-bed facility in Ponca City, Oklahoma, used HEN best practices an...

Presence Saint Joseph Hospital, a 184-bed facility in Elgin, Illinois, examined quality metrics t...

St. Catherine Hospital, a 189-bed facility in East Chicago, Indiana, used best practices and peer...

St. John's Hospital, a 431-bed facility in Springfield, Illinois, used best practices and peer-to...

UConn John Dempsey Hospital, a 174-bed facility in Farmington, Connecticut, used best practices a...

The patient experience as measured by patient satisfaction scores is an organizational goal. In t...

St. Joseph Regional Health Center went on a Lean journey to not only save money, but improve the ...

Lean transformation means improved patient care, employee satisfaction and reduced costs as MSHA ...

Southeastern Health, Lumberton, N.C. 452 beds 16,000 impatient admissions 76,000 emergency d...

St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn. 396 licensed beds Full-service teaching hospi...

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (Glendale, Wis.) 11 hospitals, 70 clinic sites, three long-term ...

Yuma District HospitalYuma, CO12 Beds The Problem Yuma District Hospital, located in Yuma, Color...

In 2008, Ellis Hospital launched a medical home at its Ellis Health Center campus. This initiativ...

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

Concord (N.H.) Hospital • 230-bed regional medical center • 17,194 admissions • 295 medical staff...

Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Jackson, Miss.– 633 beds– 3,000-plus employees In 1997, Miss...

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

The traditional behavioral health access model of calling for an appointment which is subsequentl...

Emergency department overcrowding has created patient throughput challenges with 2012 volume alre...

 HPOE is pleased to highlight case studies from the Illinois Hospital Association’s Institute f...

The University of Michigan Health System used lean management and the plan-do-check-act cycle to ...

According to the Pew research center,  74 percent of all adults in the United States use the Inte...

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

Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...

An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...

Howard University HospitalWashington, DC266 Beds Howard University Hospital is a private, nonpro...

The Florida Hospital Association is proud to recognize the 2012 Celebration of Achievement in Qua...

A strong collaboration among senior leadership, governance and the medical staff at Meriter Hospi...

After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

Excess days were identified as an area for improvement due to the disparity between hospitals wit...

Customer satisfaction performance is a hospital strategic goal. Marianjoy's inpatient satisfactio...