Preventing hospital-acquired infections, reducing surgical complications and reducing readmission...

December 9th, 2013
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If you build a community of care, people will come. It happened when Middlesex Hospital, in Middl...

November 18th, 2013
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Every October pink appears on everything from ribbons to football helmets and even illuminates th...

October 28th, 2013
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Focusing on strategies to improve quality and achieve health care equity is a growing national pr...

October 14th, 2013
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October 6 – 12 is Mental Health Awareness Week. According to estimates, in the United States each...

October 7th, 2013
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Patients are becoming empowered. As health care consumers, they are reviewing publicly available ...

September 30th, 2013
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Learn from the best of the best. The 2013 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® recipients will s...

September 23rd, 2013

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

July 22nd, 2013
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Everyone is talking “population health management,” and many health care organizations are succes...

June 24th, 2013
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Being accessible only by airplane or boat adds to the scenic character of Wrangell, Alaska (popul...

June 10th, 2013
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June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...

June 3rd, 2013
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The chair files highlight stories of hospitals and health systems that are implementing innovativ...

March 25th, 2013
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Effective care transitions programs can do more than improve patient care: patients learn to mana...

March 11th, 2013
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From flexible visiting hours to family-centered rounds, hospitals are encouraging patients and fa...

February 4th, 2013
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Year after year, America’s hospitals respond to meet pressing community health care needs. In 200...

January 7th, 2013
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