Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Mission accomplished, but the work continues. At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in L...

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

Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...

Hospitals strive to achieve the Triple Aim. This collection of case studies features three exampl...

Each year more than one million patients in the United States are diagnosed with sepsis, a condit...

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

Baseball managers tinker with team lineups to improve results on the field, and hospitals can do ...

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...

In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...

A unique telemedicine consultation between a rural hospital and skilled rehabilitation/nursing fa...

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

The goal of this project was to reduce the amount of global office visits by using Lean Six Sigma...

Blood transfusions to treat anemia can have a significant impact on patient outcomes. It was reco...

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

 White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital Center’s interdisciplinary team developed a disinfection procedure ...

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

This year's winners of Health Care's Most Wired Survey are employing information technology to he...

Addressing the complex needs of older patients and their caregivers is the focus of the Bridge Mo...

This paper illustrates ONC’s 10-year vision for advancing health IT capabilities in a manner that...

Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center established the Quality Excellence Council at the beg...

The goal was to reduce errors in failure to document stop time for IV infusions to zero. Along wi...

The goal was to reduce errors in failure to document stop time for IV infusions to zero. Along wi...

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

The Healthy You program was designed to enhance whole person health of the hospital's team member...

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

Successful implementation of an evidence-based fall prevention protocol demonstrated a 50 percent...

This project is aimed at reduction of adverse outcomes experienced by patients as a result of CLA...

Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

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

This project is aimed at reduction of adverse outcomes experienced by patients as a result of CLA...

Due to exponential expansion of a Lean Six Sigma program, an evolution of the project portfolio m...

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

The pediatric team at this hospital recognized the need to improve processes surrounding care of ...

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

Medical center evidence pointed to a delay in surgery beyond 48 hours for hip fracture patients a...

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

In 2009, a multi-pronged approach involving all stakeholders was launched aimed at early identifi...

A performance improvement project was initiated to reduce the number of elective inductions and c...

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 ...

...and therefore decrease the hospital’s financial risk as part of health care reform, increase c...

As part of Blueprint for Health (a statewide, public-private initiative authorized by the Vermont...

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

The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...

To align the hospital ministry with the needs of the community and to reduce avoidable health car...

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...

Noting an upward trend in central line-associated blood stream infections, the hospital joined th...

Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident ca...

Protecting workers from exposure to all types of respiratory hazards is an important issue for ho...

This toolkit from OSHA is availalbe to the public and contains references, educational resources ...

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

Based on the consultant’s recommendations, Lee Memorial’s (Fort Myers, Fla.) senior management de...

With the rapid pace of health care transformation hospitals are looking at ways to redefine the "...

“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...

The Problem--Emergency departments were at capacity or beyond it, extending wait times. This resu...

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...

Delivering the right care, at the right time, in the right place. That focus is the strategy for ...

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

The only acceptable number of avoidable patient harms is zero. At Ponca City (Okla.) Medical Cent...

Children with cystic fibrosis have better lung function and survival rates if their body mass ind...

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

The AHA/HRET HEN project ended in December 2014, but quality improvement work continues at hospit...

The Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development recently released the report Bridging ...

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