Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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...

Like many hospitals, SBH Health System uses the computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system. ...

The problem faced by the health system was the lack of a coordinated approach for the review and ...

Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...

The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...

Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...

This project has decreased cycle time for medication reconciliation at time of admission and for ...

Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...

The organization used both discrete event and live simulation methodologies to ensure the smooth ...

The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...

Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...

Inappropriate stress ulcer prophylaxis is a serious problem across the health care continuum. Lit...

Sepsis is a medical condition with high rates of morbidity, mortality and cost and it is the most...

The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's quality award submissions are highlighted on HPOE....

A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...

According to published research data, the majority of cardiac stent patients have no additional r...

Undergoing surgery of any kind can be a stressful experience for patients and their families. The...

Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...

Surgery case cancellation rates OSF Center for Health were 10.5 percent over six months. This cre...

This academic medical center developed and implemented a program to improve outcomes and reduce r...

A “Germ Crusher” challenge at Children’s Hospital Colorado brought together leadership, staff, pa...

“Small changes can make a big difference.” So say health care professionals working to prevent ad...

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

By adopting a supplier diversity program, hospitals and health care systems can support minority-...

In this study, the research team sought to compare the performance of provider-sponsored health p...

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

Utilizing Six Sigma's DMAIC model, this project looked at ways to decrease errors in the document...

Patient safety is the number one priority at this facility. After discussing medication errors at...

A new HPOE Guide “Increasing Supplier Diversity in Health Care” provides action steps and case st...

The NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System implemented multidisciplinary ICU mobilization teams t...

What does it take to be a winner? Children's Hospital Colorado received the 2015 AHA-McKesson Que...

During the 2013-14 influenza season, an emergency preparedness mass influenza vaccination drill w...

The goal was set to develop a system-wide infrastructure to support the implementation of evidenc...

Within the organization over the last year, a new division of four hospitals was created, with th...

Within the organization over the last year, a new division of four hospitals was created, with th...

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

This blog post is from H&HN, the journal of the American Hospital Association and was written by ...

The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...

The ER blood culture contamination rate remained above the national target even after implementin...

In the 2010 reporting period (July 2009-June 2010), the medical center’s incidence of early elect...

The decision was made to proceed with efforts to eliminate elective deliveries prior to 39 weeks ...

Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...

SMH was an early participant in the Premier Quest Collaborative designed to improve quality, effi...

Using a sequential rapid cycle improvement process to implement evidence-based practices for cent...

Sylvia Getman, president and CEO of the Aroostook Medical Center and senior vice president of Eas...

“Mobility is medicine,” say clinicians and volunteers working together to improve patient care at...

The heart failure program began in 1995. The hospital developed a multidisciplinary heart failure...

Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

The goal was to decrease the number of patients negatively affected by experiencing a post-operat...

This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, decisions made at the state level pla...

Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalb, Ill., created a total knee and hip joint replacement center of excel...

This webinar introduces and explains the ONC-sponsored SAFER guides, which can be found at http:/...

Lean Six Sigma tools were used to reduce pressure ulcers at Memorial Health System, Springfield, ...

For six months, Brandywine Hospital has not had one central line-associated bloodstream infection...

Hospitals and care systems across the country are engaged in quality improvement efforts to impro...

Cybersecurity vulnerabilities and intrusions pose risks for every hospital and its reputation. Wh...

With the rise in higher-deductible health plans and coinsurance, Americans are paying an increasi...

The culture of an organization can actively support the commitment of its workforce by providing ...

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

The patient experience as measured by patient satisfaction scores is an organizational goal. In t...

During 2011, the hospital joined the IHA Project Re-Engineering Discharge (RED) collaborative to ...

Hospitals and health care systems can support their missions and also many additional benefits by...

Since 2010, the academic medical center has been supporting a program to reduce 30-day all cause ...

Hospitals and health care systems are faced with unprecedented challenges and opportunities as th...

The April issue of Health Services Research journal is now available. Covering topics in variati...

A special issue of Health Services Research on “Health Information Technology” is now available. ...

The National Patient Safety Foundation leads Patient Safety Awareness Week in early March to prom...

Each year, the AHA Committee on Performance Improvement takes an in-depth look at a single topic ...

The Missouri Hospital Association issued the Standardized, Plain Language Emergency Codes Impleme...

Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals and health systems that have...

Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals and health systems that have...