Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

There is a critical need to elevate the discussion around workforce planning and development to e...

This HPOE guide, a collaboration with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering, explores w...

Health care teams that communicate effectively reduce the potential for human error, resulting in...

The AHA and the American Medical Association collaborated on this paper to present both physician...

HPOE and Leavitt Partners worked in collaboration to detail how accountable care organizations (A...

This toolkit is a user-friendly “how-to” guide to help accelerate the elimination of health care ...

Cybersecurity vulnerabilities and intrusions pose risks for every hospital and its reputation. Wh...

With the rise in higher-deductible health plans and coinsurance, Americans are paying an increasi...

Building off the 2013 HPOE guide on value-based contracting this guide provides additional financ...

This guide explains why hospital leaders should explore sustainability strategies for their organ...

Moving from a volume-based payment model to a value-based payment model requires a new set of man...

Generational differences—one factor of diversity—are changing workforce dynamics. Traditionalists...

This guide is a synopsis of a conversation held at the Association for Healthcare Resource & Mate...

This HPOE presentation highlights the business imperative for equity of care.  As the health care...

As health care leaders implement diverse improvement projects, from reducing hospital-acquired in...

This annual survey of employers provides a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health c...

The nation’s health care system is undergoing dramatic change as the country shifts to a value-ba...

The compendium is a collection of action-oriented resources that can help design and implement st...

"Metrics for the Second Curve of Health Care" expands on four strategies originally identified in...

In 2012 the AHA Committee on Research focused on actively engaging health care users to improve o...

A key objective of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's new reimbursement and payment...

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

There has been a growing interest over the past several years in the concept of payment bundling,...

Hospitals are on a never-ending journey of quality improvement—employing new technologies and tec...

Authored by Kaufman Hall executives, this guide describes the groundwork and prerequisites requir...

PLF hosted a session on achieving team-based health care delivery. David Nash, MD, founding dean ...

The compendium is a collection of action-oriented resources that can help design and implement st...

As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced...

Market forces are driving renewed interest in integration that may result in changes in the owner...

The inaugural report of the AHA Committee on Performance Improvement details “Hospitals and Care ...

As America's hospitals and health systems are transforming care, hospitals are facing challenges ...

Throughout the United States, allied hospital associations—state, regional and metropolitan—are w...

This guide was created to share best practices and key lessons from innovative organizations on a...

 The purpose of this guide is to provide hospitals with a resource to help reduce inappropriate v...

Given economic and industry trends related to the worldwide financial markets, the nation's econo...

This multi-case study describes how eight hospitals used Lean Six Sigma to examine and improve wo...

This compendium of guides, reports, and toolkits provides a wealth of actionable resources to hel...

The federal health reform legislation includes several demonstration projects that will be held i...

A key ingredient for success under health care reform will be the ability to utilize health infor...

This guide communicates the idea that workforce and human resource practices can positively impac...

An AHA research synthesis report presents an overview of bundled payment, including evidence of i...

Due to the size and breadth of their organizations, multi-hospital health system leaders have a s...

Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine shocked the health care field and the general public wit...

The content of this best-practices guide, and the process by which it was assembled, are emblemat...