The American Hospital Association and the Health Research & Educational Trust are working to supp...

June 7th, 2017
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To improve community health, Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics (MGH&FC) in Shelton, Wash...

November 21st, 2016
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At a 350 bed community teaching hospital, potentially preventive readmissions data from the Illin...

September 16th, 2016
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Evidence-based practice supports early goal-directed therapy for patients with sepsis. Improving ...

September 16th, 2016
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Although episiotomy was once considered a routine part of childbirth, in recent years, there has ...

September 16th, 2016
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Carthage Area Hospital is improving patient and employee experiences by providing them with fresh...

August 19th, 2016
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Claremont Village is a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) public housing development in the ...

June 16th, 2016
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In January 2015, Southern Illinois Healthcare, based in Carbondale, was awarded an 18-month USDA ...

April 22nd, 2016
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Approximately two years ago frontline staff presented a proposal to remove bed and chair alarms f...

February 29th, 2016
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The Hospital Group focused on reducing the readmission rate on the rehabilitation service unit (R...

February 29th, 2016
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Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs direct judicious antimicrobial use to optimize patient outcome...

June 16th, 2015
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Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...

June 4th, 2015
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Based in the Pennsylvania cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Hazleton, Lehigh Valley Health Netwo...

December 1st, 2014
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California's Central Valley is known for its abundant fruits and vegetables; however, many famili...

November 1st, 2014
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Hospitals and care systems across the country are engaged in quality improvement efforts to impro...

September 23rd, 2014
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In conjunction with Health Services Research, this webinar showcases health IT developments in th...

September 10th, 2014
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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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Million Hearts is a national initiative to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017. I...

August 7th, 2013
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This webinar examined best practices and lessons from the field on health care transformation ini...

April 23rd, 2013
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Greenville Health SystemGreenville, South Carolina786 Beds The Problem The diversity of the lead...

March 18th, 2013
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In a society as culturally diverse as the United States, especially in New York City,  members of...

March 12th, 2013
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A team was created to ensure that all patients regardless of race, ethnicity, language, disabilit...

March 6th, 2013
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The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority and the Health Care Improvement Foundation (HCIF) partn...

June 1st, 2012
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Excess days were identified as an area for improvement due to the disparity between hospitals wit...

June 1st, 2012
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Using Plan-Do-Study-Act, this initiative prioritized utilization of spirometry as the standard di...

June 1st, 2012
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An interactive map showing quality initiatives by state

March 1st, 2012
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For 18 months, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center implemented several interve...

February 1st, 2012
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Motivated by two years of high central line associated blood stream infection rates in the intens...

February 1st, 2012
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With hand hygiene compliance at 37.3 percent, Syosset Hospital implemented a comprehensive approa...

February 1st, 2012
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The Brooklyn Hospital Center Family Medicine Department made a commitment to improve the quality ...

February 1st, 2012
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New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, NY2,264 Beds The Problem New York-Presbyterian Hospital’...

January 1st, 2012
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In the fall of 2008, perioperative leaders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., conduc...

December 1st, 2011
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This brief, based on site visits from Nov. 2009 through March 2010, highlights care coordination ...

September 26th, 2011
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The Problem Pneumonia accounts for 15 percent of all hospital-associated infections. It is the s...

September 21st, 2009
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