Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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...

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

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

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...

Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital's care transition program successfully reduced all-cause ...

 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...

A patient's home environment or lack of support system can have a negative impact on their health...

South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, N.Y., focused on educating patients with chronic co...

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

Some patients have difficulty effectively managing their medications because they don't fully und...

This project addresses the needs of patients at high risk for C. difficile on a complex medical u...

Rochester General Hospital formed a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement actions that ...

Stony Brook University Medical Center joined the Institute for Healthcare Improvement critical ca...

Rochester General Hospital's infection prevention team partnered with the surgical intensive care...

Smart infusion pump technology improves patient safety by providing decision support for nursing ...

In 2006, Southampton Hospital's department of nursing conducted a needs assessment focusing on th...

Ellis Medicine started this project in April 2010 to reduce readmissions, as readmissions are cli...

Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...

Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis...

Rome Memorial Hospital began this project as a prelude to developing a progressive mobility progr...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...

Olean General Hospital is one of only a few community hospitals in the nation to offer a center o...

In 2005, Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center's leadership directed implementation of ...

A temporary reduction in pharmacy hours at Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic contributed to med...

The fall intervention program identified areas needing improvement including a lack of multidisci...

Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...

In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...

The average length of stay for patients undergoing single elective total joint replacement surger...

St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester, division of Saint Joseph's Medical Center began this initiati...

Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...

NuHealth Nassau University Medical Center identified central line-associated blood stream infecti...

To reduce the incidence and spread of hospitalacquired infections in two critical operational nod...

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement estimates that 48 percent of intensive care unit patient...

Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...

With hand hygiene compliance at 37.3 percent, Syosset Hospital implemented a comprehensive approa...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' inpatient quality reporting program includes appr...

At the end of the second quarter of 2010, The Brooklyn Hospital Center identified that only four ...

The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

The advent of computerized tomography (CT) has revolutionized diagnostic radiology. The use of CT...

In 2008, Albany Medical Center was one of 18 regional referral neonatal intensive care units to a...

Preventing health care-associated infections is a critical step in reducing morbidity and mortali...

An unprecedented cluster of infant falls from post-cesarean section mothers' arms sparked the mat...

Medication, in addition to other treatment options, is an integral part of the care provided to l...

For 18 months, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center implemented several interve...

Good Samaritan Hospital's Clinical Transformation Team guided the formation of a Ventilator-Assoc...