Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Nearly 1,500 hospitals and health systems are participating in the AHA’s #123forEquity Pledge to ...

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

The work of a Washington D.C. collaborative of hospitals and FQHCs is benefiting the entire commu...

All future performance improvement projects will address health care disparities. That’s the comm...

Hospitals and health systems are intensifying their focus to ensure all patients receive high-qua...

Homelessness is a hidden but real issue in Chittenden County, VT. University of Vermont Medical C...

Every aspect of a patient’s experience of care is influenced by valuable and often underused reso...

Creating a quieter hospital environment can help the healing process and improve the patient expe...

Hospitals and faith organizations are collaborating to improve health care outcomes and organize ...

A collaborative network of hospitals and community organizations is improving behavioral health c...

Focusing on value-based payment structures has helped Mount Auburn Hospital design care delivery ...

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

Overcoming language barriers with patients improves communication, a critical element of safety a...

The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...

NYU Lutheran Healthcare, Brooklyn, N.Y., created a shared medical appointment program transformin...

Education that increases awareness is one of the best ways to transform health outcomes. But, as ...

Teamwork champions on a diverse change team: These were key as The MetroHealth System in Clevelan...

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

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

Diversity is becoming a key word in health care. Hospitals and health care systems are focusing o...

This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...

The concept of the Triple Aim is  widely used, partially because of IHI’s work with many organiza...

The AHA and the American Medical Association collaborated on this paper to present both physician...

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

Project Brotherhood is dedicated to helping Greater New Haven-area men make the healthy lifestyle...

When hospitals care for victims of violence, it provides a window of opportunity to interrupt the...

This article from Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, ...

Change can be uncomfortable. But no matter how sophisticated, hospitals and health care systems n...

Matching patients with primary care physicians was top priority of this project improvement by th...

Albany Medical Center developed the Child Advocacy Resident Education program that aims to improv...

Diversity has become a core value at U.S. hospitals. Meridian Health, a not-for-profit health car...

Making incremental changes and collaborating with area hospitals and community organizations have...

It is estimated that 25 percent of falls by hospital patients are preventable. Saint Alphonsus Re...

Small tests of change can give hospitals momentum and show early progress in improvement projects...

Whether cheering for soccer, tennis, baseball, softball or another sport, fans no doubt have witn...

Improving population health is a must-do strategy in transforming health care delivery. Yale New ...

Three patient navigators are used to advocate on behalf of women with abnormal breast findings on...

October 6 – 12 is Mental Health Awareness Week. According to estimates, in the United States each...

Learn from the best of the best. The 2013 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® recipients will s...

At North Shore-LIJ Health System, teamwork is everywhere. This New York health system uses TeamST...

Zero is an important number at Broward Health North. The 409-bed community hospital in Deerfield ...

A summer internship program growing in Brooklyn is introducing minority high school students to c...

A summer internship program growing in Brooklyn is introducing minority high school students to c...

It is both “a sprint and a marathon.” That’s how a team at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor...

It is both a sprint and a marathon.” That's how a team at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor,...

June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...

Children diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavior disorders need q...

In 2008, Ellis Hospital launched a medical home at its Ellis Health Center campus. This initiativ...

Holy Cross Hospital could be characterized as an emergency department with critical care units. T...

From flexible visiting hours to family-centered rounds, hospitals are encouraging patients and fa...

Bellin Health SystemGreen Bay, WI Bellin Health System is a nonprofit integrated health care del...

Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA229 Beds Cambridge Health Alliance is an integrated health...

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OH577 Beds Cincinnati Children’s Hospit...

Georgia Health Sciences Health Augusta, GA632 Beds Georgia Health Sciences Health System consist...

Griffin HospitalDerby, CT160 Beds Griffin Hospital is the flagship hospital for Planetree, Inc.,...

Helen DeVos Children’s HospitalGrand Rapids, MI212 Beds Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital examined...

Howard University HospitalWashington, DC266 Beds Howard University Hospital is a private, nonpro...

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

Involving everyone from front-line staff to executive committees to home health agencies to patie...

The vascular access team at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta embraced a multidisciplinary approac...

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, a 347-bed public hospital in Bronx, N.Y., has establish...

By "re-engineering"discharge and enhancing communication, The Chester County Hospital, West Chest...

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center strives to provide competent, culturally sensitive, high...

Part of the Alliance collaborative since 1994, Billings Clinic had been serving its community wit...

The rural community of Ellenville, New York (population 4,000), and the New York borough of Brook...

For 18 years, Community House Calls, a UW Medicine program of Harborview Medical Center in Seattl...

Walk into an ER for treatment and walk out with a medical home. Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospit...

Wrong site surgeries are rare and difficult to study. But most health care organizations recogniz...

In 2008, Albany Medical Center was one of 18 regional referral neonatal intensive care units to a...

Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...

Barnes-Jewish HospitalSt. Louis, MO1,305 Beds The Problem Barnes-Jewish Hospital created the Cen...

Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...

Over the past eight years, an interdisciplinary team at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital prioritized...

A temporary reduction in pharmacy hours at Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic contributed to med...

Coney Island Hospital developed a crisis prevention, early intervention, and response team known ...