Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

The 2016 chairman's columns have focused on  inspiring stories about hospitals and health systems...

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

Hospitals and health systems are working hard to ensure that every person in every community rece...

Improving the health of communities where people live, work and play is more important than ever....

When hospitals engage community members and patients in the community health assessment process, ...

To improve community health, Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics (MGH&FC) in Shelton, Wash...

More and more hospitals are offering a wide variety of health and wellness programs and benefits ...

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

This joint HPOE and Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital webinar discus...

Hospitals are helping students with disabilities transition from school to the workplace. Mat-Su ...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize recognizes leadership and innovation in quality improvem...

Adirondack Health is working with multiple sectors of the community, such as the Franklin County ...

In 2016, Cleveland Clinic was honored by the American Hospital Association (AHA) with its Equity ...

Hospitals can create a culture of health in their own organization and in the community by develo...

As consumers increasingly rely on information and reviews from a variety of sources to access all...

According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...

At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...

The systemwide Obstetrics Care Excellence Team was formed to improve quality of care and reduce c...

Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...

Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...

In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...

The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...

Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...

The hospital identified two process improvement opportunities related to medication safety effort...

Hospital readmissions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart failu...

This project explains how a multisite, outpatient breast cancer and lymphedema rehabilitation pro...

The hospital began working on its sepsis initiative in January 2014, after root cause analysis sh...

The Community Health Network (CHN) targets the socioeconomic determinants of health that are not ...

This project was based on a multidisciplinary approach that focused on the admission process for ...

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

The goal was to reduce anesthesia's postoperative evaluation errors to less than 10 percent of al...

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

Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...

The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...

Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...

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

The organization sought to create a root cause analysis (RCA) structure that endowed greater focu...

Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...

Concussions are a growing problem for young athletes. The hospital’s overall goal is to educate a...

Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...

Patient falls during hospitalization can lead to increased inpatient care costs, decreased patien...

The organization initiated a project identified by the Infection Control Committee to reduce Fole...

The neurosurgery service at this Level I trauma center had experienced high rates of surgical sit...

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

As identified in its 2014 Culture of Safety survey, the hospital’s overall mean score for the sta...

A history as a resource-challenged urban safety net hospital with a high-risk population, a lack ...

In 2013, the facility’s hospital-onset (HO) infection rate for Clostridium difficile (C. diff) ha...

A review of the hospital’s quality indicators revealed an unacceptable rate of catheter-associate...

Although episiotomy was once considered a routine part of childbirth, in recent years, there has ...

The ultimate goal for patients who are mechanically ventilated is to promptly and safely disconti...

High rates of hospital readmissions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...

The prevention of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) is a major focus for health care orga...

As a health organization that serves communities disproportionately affected by asthma, Sinai Hea...

Overutilizing blood transfusions adds significant costs and can increase patient length of stay a...

By using evidence-based medicine and hardwiring concurrent review, HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Hig...

Inconsistencies in the discharge process provide an opportunity to standardize that process, redu...

Carthage Area Hospital is improving patient and employee experiences by providing them with fresh...

A health system in rural Minnesota has helped develop an innovative model to prevent prescription...

Effective and sustainable hospital-community partnerships are critical to building a Culture of H...

A vigorous approach to quality improvement at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill., is ac...

Community health needs assessments—CHNAs—are becoming a driver of community collaborations and a ...

As nonprofit hospitals in the U.S. complete a community health needs assessments (CHNA) process, ...

This guide features case studies of the 2015 Foster G. McGaw Prize winner and finalists. These ex...

Hospitals and communities are increasingly recognizing the importance of effective partnerships w...

For its excellent work addressing community health needs, Massachusetts General Hospital in Bosto...

Hospitals and health systems continually push to improve the health of their communities. Massach...

Claremont Village is a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) public housing development in the ...

As one of only two hospitals in Yuma County, Yuma District Hospital and Clinic (YDHC) can ascerta...

A powerful tool for hospitals to address priority health needs of their patient population and th...

Across the United States, nonprofit hospitals are conducting community health needs assessments, ...

Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) have the potential to be powerful drivers to enhance t...

This AHA report provides a review of the current state for the behavioral health workforce, outli...

June 5–11 is Community Health Improvement Week. The AHA’s Association for Community Health Improv...

An intervention to prevent childhood obesity has blossomed into a communitywide effort led by a l...

The Sunday Shoes Program is an innovative solution to help heart failure patients monitor weight ...