Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

A complete list of every HPOE/HRET guide created since 2010. This list features nearly 80 guides ...

To help reduce 30-day readmission rates, South Nassau Communities Hospital implemented “Right Car...

Cortland Regional Medical Center’s Transitional Care Program is working to reduce 30-day readmiss...

MedEx Bedside Prescription Delivery is the very first bedside medication delivery service for hos...

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

The Reducing Readmissions: Making Data Real project decreased acute rehospitalization rates by al...

For several years, the hospital has been focused on reducing 30-day readmissions. After learning ...

A systematic, repeatable approach was developed to monitor pneumonia patients 30 days following d...

Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...

This academic medical center developed and implemented a program to improve outcomes and reduce r...

The Lung Partners Primary Respiratory Care at the Crouse Hospital is managing the needs of patien...

A key component to making patient care safer is to track your data and progress towards improveme...

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

State and regional hospital associations across the United States are recognizing hospitals and h...

St. Joseph Health, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, a 208-bed hospital in Napa, California, is...

The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) developed this compendium to link patient and fami...

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

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

Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital's care transition program successfully reduced all-cause ...

The Heathcare Association of New York State announced its 2015 Community Health Improvement award...

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

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

The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...

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

A patient's home environment or lack of support system can have a negative impact on their health...

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...

The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...

South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside, N.Y., focused on educating patients with chronic co...

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

The project began with a focus on CHF readmissions. As the multidisciplinary team saw decreases i...

Sharing best practices and facilitating peer-to-peer learning were core elements of the AHA/HRET ...

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

Nearly 1,500 U.S. hospitals are working to eliminate patient harm and reduce hospital readmission...

Pekin (Ill.) Hospital used plan-do-study-act with evidence-based practice research, guidelines re...

Presence St. Mary’s Hospital, Kankakee, Ill., improved readmission rates for heart failure patien...

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

Since 2010, the academic medical center has been supporting a program to reduce 30-day all cause ...

A gap analysis was conducted. Key themes emerged in this analysis such as inadequate preparation ...

Improving care after discharge translates to decreased readmissions. Marshall Medical Center, a 1...

This article found that county characteristics are independently associated with higher hospital ...

A “simple” complex plan is reducing readmissions at Wythe County Community Hospital, a 100-bed fa...

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

The Florida Hospital Association highlights its quality improvement initiatives with several repo...

This report highlights five years of quality improvement among Florida hospitals. It highlights "...

The Collaborative on Reducing Hospital Readmissions GoalUnderstand readmission causes and adopt ...

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

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

Improving discharge can reap multiple benefits for patients and providers, including reducing rea...

Patients admitted to a hospital for one condition—congestive heart failure, for example—are typic...

Using FOCUS-PDCA, the hospital identified an opportunity to decrease the 30 day readmission rate ...

Data suggests that the hospital has a three year (2006-2009) CHF readmission average of 24.2 perc...

Effective care transitions programs can do more than improve patient care: patients learn to mana...

Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...

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

Methodist Le Bonheur HealthcareMemphis, TN1,321 Beds The Congregational Health Network is a part...

One successful initiative can lead to another. A “nurse transitionist” program at Western Marylan...

AbstractBackground: Handover practices at hospital discharge are relatively under-researched, par...

Objective: To understand factors leading to all-cause 30-day readmissions in a community hospital...

Readmission rates to U.S. hospitals are high, often because of poor care transitions. Serious adv...

This audio program features current news and information from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Rese...

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

Patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction or congestive heart failure are more likely...

A multidisciplinary team was developed with objectives to provide clear, easy to understand educa...

Enriching. That's how AnMed Health views the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity of its ...

Improving quality of care can go hand in hand with eliminating disparities in care. University of...

Continuum Health Partners'  pay-for performance program (P4P) is designed to partner with physici...

Stern Family Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation tracked hospital readmissions and found ...

A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...

Ellis Medicine started this project in April 2010 to reduce readmissions, as readmissions are cli...

St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester, division of Saint Joseph's Medical Center began this initiati...

SSM Saint Mary’s Medical CenterSaint Louis, MO 374 Beds The Problem Better Outcomes for Older Ad...

About 1 in 12 adults (8.2 percent) aged 21 and older discharged from a hospital to the community ...

Nearly one-quarter of privately insured colon surgery patients are readmitted to the hospital wit...