Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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

The closed-door discussion focused on the best practices of organizations that have won or were f...

This report provides a detailed discussion of baseline health spending by state of residence (per...

A technique used in aviation is being applied to health care once again. To detect early malfunct...

The objective of this study was to describe health plan efforts to collect language data from its...

Transitions across care settings introduce risk for patient harm, and medication errors are an im...

In the fall of 2008, perioperative leaders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., conduc...

About 1 in 12 adults (8.2 percent) aged 21 and older discharged from a hospital to the community ...

In many contexts, cesarean delivery has come to be regarded as the safer option, when in fact it ...

Health care executives have to ensure that new care models are implemented effectively and improv...

To promote healthy communities, hospitals must lead the way and serve as role models. A recent AH...

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have the promise to transform how health care is delivered ...

Ten existential questions will make the difference between limping into the future and soaring to...

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

To perform the study, Health System Change researchers conducted 114 interviews in 2010 with part...

Frequently Asked Questions regarding implementation of the market reform provisions of the Affor...

As the largest segment of the health care workforce, with more than 3 million professionals, nurs...

During this 90 minute session, speakers discussed how to effectively engage patients and their fa...

Representatives from Catholic Health Initiatives in Denver, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in...

Hospital IT departments are facing what one executive calls a "tsunami of activities, expectation...

Nearly one-quarter of privately insured colon surgery patients are readmitted to the hospital wit...

The National Committee for Quality Assurance starts an accountable care organization accreditati...

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

The IPAL Project, an initiative of the Center to Advance Palliative Care, is designed to provide ...

Success in strategic organizational initiatives depends on changing the way people work together.

RWJF video details three perspectives on the need for cost information

This webpage gives tips for safely disposing (getting rid of) needles and other sharp devices tha...

An international survey of adults living with health problems and complex care needs found that p...

In the wake of more widespread use of health IT, the Department of Health and Human Services aske...

Reducing postoperative complications could reduce costs associated with readmissions by millions ...

Careful planning and multidisciplinary teamwork were keys for Bethesda Hospital, a 140-bed long-t...

CAPC Campus Online is an e-learning space covering the structural, operational and financial ess...

While any restructuring of the payment system will create incentives that alter providers' behavi...

A Pittsburgh-based wellness program enlists entire communities to promote wellness for children.

This certified CME/CE activity focuses on caring for patients with chronic pain in the hospital ...

This certified CME/CE activity is designed to heighten the awareness of and adherence to evidence...

This certified CME/CE series is designed to heighten the awareness of and adherence to evidence-b...

This certified CME/CE activity addresses professional practice gaps in the optimal care of chroni...

The IOM's Roundtable on Health Literacy brings together leaders from the federal government, foun...

CMS issued a final rule with comment period that updates payment policies and rates for physician...

This policy paper examines the latest developments in accountable care organizations (ACOs), incl...

This paper explores the current limits of primary care in the US, looks at illustrative models th...

The federal Affordable Care Act will transform how Californians obtain health insurance. CHCF exa...

As the use of palliative care grows, so does the diversity of patients who opt for it. A free cur...

Payers are considering bundled payments for inpatient surgery, combining provider reimbursements ...

One of the leading alternative payment models proposed in the Affordable Care Act of 2010 is bund...

The paper makes recommendations for enhancing QI efforts in health care, including providing stro...

Oregon's community hospitals are committed to working together to produce high-quality patient ca...