The 2017 chair files will begin highlighting efforts that are improving community health beyond t...

February 6th, 2017
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Improving the health of communities where people live, work and play is more important than ever....

December 5th, 2016
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Focusing on community needs using a data-driven approach and local resources has improved care fo...

October 31st, 2016
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Sanpete Valley Hospital, a critical access hospital in Mount Pleasant, Utah, is leading behaviora...

January 25th, 2016

Leadership, innovation and commitment to quality and safety—all are needed to deliver exceptional...

November 16th, 2015

Building successful partnerships with patients and families may be a key strategy in a hospital’s...

April 6th, 2015

Engaging patients and families in health care can help hospitals achieve the Triple Aim: better c...

August 11th, 2014
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The “second curve” of population health involves an integrated approach to improving patient and ...

April 14th, 2014
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Rooftop gardens are flourishing atop more and more hospitals. On unused roof space at Castle Medi...

March 24th, 2014
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Children diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavior disorders need q...

May 20th, 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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Imagine being hospitalized for a serious illness and being unable to communicate with nurses or d...

January 14th, 2013
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Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, a 347-bed public hospital in Bronx, N.Y., has establish...

October 8th, 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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"We will open the doors." This was no magic incantation. Instead, the critical care unit at Virgi...

July 18th, 2011
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The journey from good to great for Good Samaritan Hospital of Baltimore started with differentiat...

January 10th, 2011
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As the automobile industry in Flint, Mich., has declined, area residents have faced significant s...

April 12th, 2010
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"There are two jobs at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, Utica, N.Y. "taking care of patients directl...

March 15th, 2010
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