Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

On May 7, 2017, I swore an oath to become the 118th chairman of the American Hospital Association...

This weekend kicks off a not-to-be-missed event for hospital and health system leaders: the AHA’s...

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...

Hospitals are helping students with disabilities transition from school to the workplace. Mat-Su ...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

The Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence website highlights quality improvement stories at hundreds...

Learning, sharing resources and discussing projects on cutting-edge topics in health care transfo...

Identifying solutions to reduce hospital-acquired conditions. Working to spread this knowledge to...

Trustees, senior leaders and quality chairs play a pivotal role as their hospitals and health car...

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

Three Illinois hospitals received recognition for “delivering quality with distinction” by the Il...

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

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...

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 health care field leaves a large environmental footprint, but hospitals and health care syste...

Providing world-class quality health care may seem an audacious goal for a small or rural hospita...

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

Redefine. Partner. Integrate. Experiment. Specialize. Many hospitals and care systems are embarki...

Four generations are working side by side in hospitals and care systems today. Atlantic Health Sy...

Never underestimate the power of data. Hannibal (Mo.) Regional Hospital focused on collecting and...

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

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

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...

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...

Think of all the instruments, equipment and furniture in a hospital operating room. Any of these ...

Telepsychiatry is playing a pivotal role in providing timely care to hospitalized mental health p...

Patients admitted to a hospital for one condition—congestive heart failure, for example—are typic...

Today we need leaders who can help address the challenges and maximize the tremendous opportuniti...

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

What a difference three years of focusing on performance improvement can make! In 2009, metrics a...

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...

"Commitment to caring" and "quality improvement" and"patient engagement" are more than catchphras...

Building a culture of quality and safety in hospitals requires accomplished and courageous health...

A just culture. A culture of transparency. A patient-first culture. Culture transformation at Uni...

Continuous. Quality. Improvement. To achieve that goal, Meriter Hospital, a 448-bed facility in M...

E-mail, e-books, e-commerce. And now for patients, eVisits. At the University of Pittsburgh Medic...

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