Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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

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

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

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

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

Communication breakdowns continue to be a leading cause of medical errors. Staff at Butler County...

When Kaiser Permanente in California measured its incidence of pressure ulcers in patients three ...

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

Care coordination is challenging for complex and vulnerable patient populations. Montefiore Medic...

Clinical IT systems create great opportunities and challenges, especially for rural hospitals. St...

Integrating the electronic health record to improve the overall care and health of the communitie...

Restructuring care has reduced readmissions at St. Mary?s Duluth (MN) Clinic Heart and Vascular ...

Statistics fans, check out these numbers: Staff at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) has...

Electronic health records may create less paperwork, but documentation can still be time-consumin...

Rarely does an orthopedic physician discuss information workflow with an ER doc, but at Regions H...

Joseph Betancourt, M.D., director of multicultural education for Massachusetts General Hospital i...

Alegent Health, a 10-hospital system based in Nebraska and Southwestern Iowa, wanted an electroni...

Seamless, effective patient handoffs are a critical piece of any hospital?s patient safety framew...

Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, Kirkland, Wash., implemented best practices in patient flow bu...

Moving from a paper world to an electronic one is an "evolution," says Marcy Stoots, RN, director...

For executive leaders at Catholic Healthcare Partners, Cincinnati, patient safety is an issue to ...