Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

One out of five Americans, or over 40 million people, struggle with behavioral health each day. I...

Nurses have always been on the front lines at hospitals providing quality, compassionate care for...

I have been so proud to see America’s hospitals and health systems speak so passionately on behal...

You may not know Rachelle Schultz of Winona, MN—but you probably can appreciate the concerns she ...

March 12-18, 2017, is Patient Safety Awareness Week, led by the National Patient Safety Foundatio...

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

Analyzing contributing factors and implementing targeted, sustainable solutions have helped hospi...

Since September 2015, the AHA/HRET HEN 2.0 hospitals have been working to reduce hospital-acquire...

“Every staff member counts” and “every patient counts.” With this mantra, AllianceHealth Pryor in...

A health system in rural Minnesota has helped develop an innovative model to prevent prescription...

A vigorous approach to quality improvement at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill., is ac...

Post-discharge phone calls are best practice, but multiple phone calls can confuse and frustrate ...

A “Germ Crusher” challenge at Children’s Hospital Colorado brought together leadership, staff, pa...

“Small changes can make a big difference.” So say health care professionals working to prevent ad...

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

The Sunday Shoes Program is an innovative solution to help heart failure patients monitor weight ...

Ten years ago, Mercy began telemedicine in its ICUs to improve patient outcomes. Today the St. Lo...

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

Every day, hospitals are successfully meeting challenges and providing quality care in their comm...

Focusing on value-based payment structures has helped Mount Auburn Hospital design care delivery ...

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...

In accord with their commitment to equity of care and leadership diversity, hospitals and health ...

Baseball managers tinker with team lineups to improve results on the field, and hospitals can do ...

A unique telemedicine consultation between a rural hospital and skilled rehabilitation/nursing fa...

What does it take to be a winner? Children's Hospital Colorado received the 2015 AHA-McKesson Que...

Addressing the complex needs of older patients and their caregivers is the focus of the Bridge Mo...

“Mobility is medicine,” say clinicians and volunteers working together to improve patient care at...

Delivering the right care, at the right time, in the right place. That focus is the strategy for ...

The only acceptable number of avoidable patient harms is zero. At Ponca City (Okla.) Medical Cent...

The AHA/HRET HEN project ended in December 2014, but quality improvement work continues at hospit...

Making incremental changes and collaborating with area hospitals and community organizations have...

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

Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviat...

Managing population health, financial planning for value-based care and payment, and leading impr...

Small tests of change can give hospitals momentum and show early progress in improvement projects...

Whether cheering for soccer, tennis, baseball, softball or another sport, fans no doubt have witn...

Hospitals and health care systems can support their missions and also many additional benefits by...

Transition coaches may be the “glue” between hospital visits and primary care. So says Julie Cann...

Today’s hospital and care system leaders are addressing challenges while maximizing opportunities...

At hospitals, health care systems and state, regional and metropolitan hospital associations acro...

The National Patient Safety Foundation leads Patient Safety Awareness Week in early March to prom...

A new member of the health care team is helping to improve clinical outcomes and patient experien...

A “simple” complex plan is reducing readmissions at Wythe County Community Hospital, a 100-bed fa...

Eliminating hospital-acquired infections, preventing patient falls, reducing preventable readmiss...

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

In July 2013, the AHA released another collection of action-oriented resources that can help hosp...

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

How do you successfully integrate behavioral health and primary care? A recent HPOE webinar highl...