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

May 18th, 2017

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

May 2nd, 2016
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When outpatients at Summa Health in Akron, Ohio, were frequently getting lost on their way to app...

April 11th, 2016
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To address disparities in health care outcomes, Main Line Health is proactively addressing socioe...

January 11th, 2016

More and more hospitals and health systems are leading community collaborations to create positiv...

December 7th, 2015
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Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...

November 23rd, 2015
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Each year more than one million patients in the United States are diagnosed with sepsis, a condit...

October 26th, 2015
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In accord with their commitment to equity of care and leadership diversity, hospitals and health ...

October 19th, 2015
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Apps and iPads are tools of choice for improving the health of Pennsylvania schoolchildren. Lehig...

August 10th, 2015
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Addressing the complex needs of older patients and their caregivers is the focus of the Bridge Mo...

August 3rd, 2015
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The work to advance health care equity is always evolving, always improving at Henry Ford Health ...

July 27th, 2015
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A population health initiative in Rochester, New York, is bringing together two health care syste...

July 20th, 2015
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Working with community organizations, including competitors, Palmetto Health is improving the hea...

June 22nd, 2015

Scorecards aren’t just for baseball and boxing. Health care leaders are using scorecards to track...

May 4th, 2015
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University Hospitals, Cleveland, is advancing multiple care equity initiatives. The over 2,000-be...

January 12th, 2015
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Change can be uncomfortable. But no matter how sophisticated, hospitals and health care systems n...

December 8th, 2014
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Building a culture that is inclusive and founded on principles of diversity was a “key destinatio...

December 1st, 2014
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Community members are integral partners at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania, helping ...

November 17th, 2014
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Preventing falls has been in the news recently, and with good reason: Among older adults, falls a...

November 10th, 2014
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Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviat...

September 15th, 2014
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Whether cheering for soccer, tennis, baseball, softball or another sport, fans no doubt have witn...

June 30th, 2014
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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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October 6 – 12 is Mental Health Awareness Week. According to estimates, in the United States each...

October 7th, 2013
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A summer internship program growing in Brooklyn is introducing minority high school students to c...

August 19th, 2013
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It is both a sprint and a marathon.” That's how a team at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor,...

July 29th, 2013
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How do you successfully integrate behavioral health and primary care? A recent HPOE webinar highl...

July 15th, 2013

Providing quality care for patients with limited English proficiency can be challenging, even for...

July 8th, 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 Backyard Initiative at Allina Health, based in Minnesota, is truly taking care beyond hospita...

March 18th, 2013
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A commitment to diversity came first. That was followed by specific action projects to increase d...

March 4th, 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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Imagine being hospitalized for a serious illness and being unable to communicate with nurses or d...

January 14th, 2013
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43,750: That’s the number of fall injuries the CMS Partnership for Patients campaign estimates wo...

December 10th, 2012
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Increasing patient adherence to medications? Check. Providing safe, patient-centered care? Check...

November 19th, 2012
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"Commitment to caring" and "quality improvement" and"patient engagement" are more than catchphras...

November 5th, 2012
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Focusing on patient education and collaboration with physicians and the hospital, Gundersen Luthe...

October 1st, 2012
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Focusing on patient education and collaboration with physicians and the hospital, Gundersen Luthe...

October 1st, 2012
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Patients hospitalized for tobacco-related illnesses may be the most motivated to quit using tobac...

August 6th, 2012
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Health care professionals at Henry Ford Health System know how to connect with teenagers. About 1...

July 30th, 2012
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It?s estimated that patients remember and understand about half of the information they receive f...

June 4th, 2012
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Part of the Alliance collaborative since 1994, Billings Clinic had been serving its community wit...

May 7th, 2012
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Part of the Alliance collaborative since 1994, Billings Clinic had been serving its community wit...

May 7th, 2012
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For 18 years, Community House Calls, a UW Medicine program of Harborview Medical Center in Seattl...

April 9th, 2012
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Enriching. That's how AnMed Health views the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity of its ...

March 19th, 2012
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Enriching. That's how AnMed Health views the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity of its ...

March 19th, 2012
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When Kaiser Permanente in California measured its incidence of pressure ulcers in patients three ...

January 30th, 2012
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Implementing quality improvement projects can improve patient safety and reduce inefficiency. But...

January 23rd, 2012
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Carolinas HealthCare System, based in Charlotte, N.C., is partnering with 12 YMCA branches "to cr...

December 19th, 2011
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Educating staff. Connecting patients to primary care physicians upon discharge. Identifying patie...

October 3rd, 2011
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The answer is: attracting, retaining and developing the best workforce. The question: What is one...

September 19th, 2011
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