Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Nearly 1,500 hospitals and health systems are participating in the AHA’s #123forEquity Pledge to ...

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

The work of a Washington D.C. collaborative of hospitals and FQHCs is benefiting the entire commu...

All future performance improvement projects will address health care disparities. That’s the comm...

Hospitals and health systems are intensifying their focus to ensure all patients receive high-qua...

Homelessness is a hidden but real issue in Chittenden County, VT. University of Vermont Medical C...

Every aspect of a patient’s experience of care is influenced by valuable and often underused reso...

Creating a quieter hospital environment can help the healing process and improve the patient expe...

Hospitals and faith organizations are collaborating to improve health care outcomes and organize ...

A collaborative network of hospitals and community organizations is improving behavioral health c...

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...

Overcoming language barriers with patients improves communication, a critical element of safety a...

Teamwork champions on a diverse change team: These were key as The MetroHealth System in Clevelan...

When hospitals care for victims of violence, it provides a window of opportunity to interrupt the...

Change can be uncomfortable. But no matter how sophisticated, hospitals and health care systems n...

Diversity has become a core value at U.S. hospitals. Meridian Health, a not-for-profit health car...

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

It is estimated that 25 percent of falls by hospital patients are preventable. Saint Alphonsus Re...

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...

Improving population health is a must-do strategy in transforming health care delivery. Yale New ...

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

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

At North Shore-LIJ Health System, teamwork is everywhere. This New York health system uses TeamST...

Zero is an important number at Broward Health North. The 409-bed community hospital in Deerfield ...

A summer internship program growing in Brooklyn is introducing minority high school students to c...

A summer internship program growing in Brooklyn is introducing minority high school students to c...

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

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

June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...

Children diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavior disorders need q...

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

Increasing patient adherence to medications? Check. Providing safe, patient-centered care? Check...

Involving everyone from front-line staff to executive committees to home health agencies to patie...

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, a 347-bed public hospital in Bronx, N.Y., has establish...

By "re-engineering"discharge and enhancing communication, The Chester County Hospital, West Chest...

Part of the Alliance collaborative since 1994, Billings Clinic had been serving its community wit...

The rural community of Ellenville, New York (population 4,000), and the New York borough of Brook...

For 18 years, Community House Calls, a UW Medicine program of Harborview Medical Center in Seattl...

Walk into an ER for treatment and walk out with a medical home. Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospit...

Wrong site surgeries are rare and difficult to study. But most health care organizations recogniz...

A strategy to use a single, integrated EMR has helped make Elliot Health System, based in Manches...

Providing high-quality care to every child has always been the objective at Children's Mercy Hosp...

Educating staff. Connecting patients to primary care physicians upon discharge. Identifying patie...

A medical staff that is committed to social justice and a vision statement that includes reducing...

A medical staff that is committed to social justice and a vision statement that includes reducing...

The answer is: attracting, retaining and developing the best workforce. The question: What is one...

Overcoming transition challenges requires tenacity and teamwork. During a time of transition befo...

Efficient bed placement for patients can mean fewer discharge delays, decreased length of stay an...