HRET and Million Hearts® hosted a webinar on cardiac rehabilitation (CR), a comprehensive seconda...

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To better serve its patients and reduce the effects of ineffective pain management, Mercy Hospita...

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The disease management process at Bassett Medical Center was positively impacted after the hospit...

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Nurses at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, part of Catholic Health, introduced a Diabetes Education Qui...

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This HPOE and American Hospital Association Section for Maternal and Child Health webinar is abou...

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The 2017 chair files will begin highlighting efforts that are improving community health beyond t...

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

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

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

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The St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center created a Hypoglycemic Task Force to recognize and decrea...

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Funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Serv...

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

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Sanpete Valley Hospital, a critical access hospital in Mount Pleasant, Utah, is leading behaviora...

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The Alliance for a Healthier South Carolina is an unprecedented volunteer collaboration of more t...

November 10th, 2015

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

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

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In July of 2009, Olean General Hospital embarked on a journey to improve outcomes for cardiac pat...

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Hypertension—the silent killer—impacts more than one in three Americans and is a leading cause of...

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

July 21st, 2015

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

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

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The project catalyst noted inconsistencies in providing diagnosis-related, evidence-based interve...

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When River Hospital, Alexandria Bay, N.Y., identified an unmet mental health need for active duty...

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In January 2011, utilizing the hospital’s system-wide electronic medical records, a family medici...

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

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United Memorial Medical Center, Batavia, N.Y., focused on patients with congestive heart failure,...

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

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Ascension Health created a business unit called Transformational Development. It is charged with ...

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The Department of Veterans Affairs home-based primary care  began in 1972.  Home-based primary ca...

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

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How is your hospital building a culture of health in the community? That is, a culture in which a...

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

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OSF Healthcare, Peoria, Ill., wanted to improve the care of patients experiencing an ST elevation...

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Care for people with multiple chronic health conditions is often fragmented, resulting in increas...

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Every October pink appears on everything from ribbons to football helmets and even illuminates th...

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This toolkit helps community groups assess and develop action plans to create sustainable, commun...

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There is a growing need to improve health care, especially at the interface between general medic...

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Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health CenterWindsor, VT60 Beds The Problem Mt. Ascutney Hospital and ...

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Cheyenne Regional Medical Center and Cheyenne Health and Wellness Center partner on several initi...

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Concord (N.H.) Hospital • 230-bed regional medical center • 17,194 admissions • 295 medical staff...

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The hospital developed a comprehensive, multidisciplinary stroke program to provide patients with...

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African American older adults are at greater risk of depression due to the higher incidence of ch...

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The treatment of asthma requires cultural and linguistic sensitivity. Ideal treatment options req...

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Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders were at a higher risk of po...

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

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As the U.S. population ages and the number of Americans impacted by obesity and diabetes increase...

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Among California's African American, Native American, Latino and Hmong populations, a diagnosis o...

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Diabetes is among the ten leading causes of death in both white and African American patients, bu...

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Focusing on patient education and collaboration with physicians and the hospital, Gundersen Luthe...

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Studies suggest that the presence of multiple chronic conditions (MCC) adds a layer of complexity...

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Health care professionals at Henry Ford Health System know how to connect with teenagers. About 1...

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Engaging and training diabetes patients is helping to change and save lives. Here's how: Rowan Re...

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Fully two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. One-third of American children are overwei...

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Rush-Copley Medical Center collaborated with the Kane County Health Department after an outbreak ...

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

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

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

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In 2009, North Central Bronx Hospital analyzed data from its diabetes registry to identify opport...

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Evidence-based practice is an essential requirement of professional health care providers. Rural ...

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Baylor Health Care SystemDallas, TX3,653 Beds The Problem The Baylor Health Care System Office o...

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Commonwealth Care Alliance Boston, MA The Problem Commonwealth Care Alliance, which functions bo...

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Wishard Health ServicesIndianapolis, IN293 Beds  The Problem Geriatric Resources for Assessment ...

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AtlantiCareAtlantic City, NJ538 Beds The Problem The Special Care Center is a primary care cente...

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AIM focuses care on people with advanced illness, which often involves more than one chronic diag...

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Care coordination is challenging for complex and vulnerable patient populations. Montefiore Medic...

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Restructuring care has reduced readmissions at St. Mary?s Duluth (MN) Clinic Heart and Vascular ...

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A report released jointly by AARP's Public Policy Institute, The Commonwealth Fund and The SCAN F...

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The U.S. is facing an epidemic of chronic disease at the same time as it's facing tough decisions...

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Extending services beyond the hospital walls to its most vulnerable patients?that is the goal of ...

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The Problem According to the American Heart Association, heart failure affects about 5.7 million...

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These programs take health education, information and related services directly to community memb...

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The concept of an Ambulatory Intensive Care Unit (A-ICU) developed because in most companies a sm...

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Four "value health opportunities" have been developed for three major Minneapolis employer group...

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