This guide is a synopsis of a conversation held at the Association for Healthcare Resource & Mate...

December 17th, 2013
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Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals and health systems that have...

November 19th, 2013
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Each year, the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals and health systems that have...

October 17th, 2013
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Lean transformation means improved patient care, employee satisfaction and reduced costs as MSHA ...

October 1st, 2013
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Goal-Save lives, reduce suffering and lower costs related to complications of surgery. Developed...

September 17th, 2013
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This report highlights five years of quality improvement among Florida hospitals. It highlights "...

September 16th, 2013
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Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network GoalsReduce patient harm by 40 percent and ...

September 16th, 2013
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Southeastern Health, Lumberton, N.C. 452 beds 16,000 impatient admissions 76,000 emergency d...

August 30th, 2013
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St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn. 396 licensed beds Full-service teaching hospi...

August 30th, 2013
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Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare (Glendale, Wis.) 11 hospitals, 70 clinic sites, three long-term ...

August 30th, 2013
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Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

August 27th, 2013
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This annual survey of employers provides a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health c...

August 20th, 2013
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Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

August 15th, 2013
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In July 2013, the AHA released another collection of action-oriented resources that can help hosp...

August 5th, 2013
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The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality prize honors hospitals that have a committed in a systemic man...

July 29th, 2013
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Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the flagship publication of the AHA, has put together a web...

July 17th, 2013
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Throughout the past decade, there has been a substantial increase in the national frequency of po...

June 26th, 2013
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Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital and Northern Counties Health Care, Inc.,  have had a long-...

May 13th, 2013
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Telepsychiatry is playing a pivotal role in providing timely care to hospitalized mental health p...

April 29th, 2013
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There were between 462,000 and 636,000 CLABSIs in nonneonatal critical care patients in the Unite...

April 18th, 2013
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An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

March 27th, 2013
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Emergency department overcrowding has created patient throughput challenges with 2012 volume alre...

March 25th, 2013
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After identification of an opportunity to reduce CAUTIs, leadership headed an initiative to reduc...

March 12th, 2013
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Harm/hospital-acquired condition reports were sent to each hospital. In reviewing both campuses, ...

March 12th, 2013
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To reduce the time to first dose of antibiotics to directly admitted pediatric oncology patients ...

March 12th, 2013
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The critical care unit identified VAP as an area for improvement, with three VAPs from May-July 2...

March 12th, 2013
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Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...

March 6th, 2013
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The medical center’s mission was to reduce the C. difficile rate from 26.7 cases per 10,000 patie...

March 6th, 2013
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An opportunity was identified to improve the care of the ventilated patient through education and...

March 6th, 2013
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This webinar provided an understanding of how scientific operations management and IHO Variabilit...

March 5th, 2013
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The glycemic collaborative is an ongoing, multidisciplinary initiative developed to improve blood...

February 13th, 2013
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Written by HRET staff member Cynthia Hedges Greising and AHA-NPSF Comprehensive Patient Safety Fe...

February 7th, 2013
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Griffin HospitalDerby, CT160 Beds Griffin Hospital is the flagship hospital for Planetree, Inc.,...

January 1st, 2013

Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders were at a higher risk of po...

January 1st, 2013
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