Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

This weekend kicks off a not-to-be-missed event for hospital and health system leaders: the AHA’s...

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

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

When outpatients at Summa Health in Akron, Ohio, were frequently getting lost on their way to app...

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

The feeling of being truly cared for leaves a lasting impression and aids in the healing process....

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

Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident ca...

Protecting workers from exposure to all types of respiratory hazards is an important issue for ho...

HPOE and Leavitt Partners worked in collaboration to detail how accountable care organizations (A...

This toolkit from OSHA is availalbe to the public and contains references, educational resources ...

The country’s highest presidential honor for performance excellence through innovation, improveme...

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

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

Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, a 237-bed facility in Orlando, Florida, used best practices and peer-to...

Hospital Menonita de Aibonito, a 150-bed facility in Aibonito, Puerto Rico, used best practices a...

Presence Saint Joseph Hospital, a 184-bed facility in Elgin, Illinois, examined quality metrics t...

St. Catherine Hospital, a 189-bed facility in East Chicago, Indiana, used best practices and peer...

St. John's Hospital, a 431-bed facility in Springfield, Illinois, used best practices and peer-to...

UConn John Dempsey Hospital, a 174-bed facility in Farmington, Connecticut, used best practices a...

Three Illinois hospitals received recognition for “delivering quality with distinction” by the Il...

Cybersecurity vulnerabilities and intrusions pose risks for every hospital and its reputation. Wh...

With the rise in higher-deductible health plans and coinsurance, Americans are paying an increasi...

The patient experience as measured by patient satisfaction scores is an organizational goal. In t...

Hospitals pursuing environmental sustainability are not only contributing to healthier communitie...

This guide explains why hospital leaders should explore sustainability strategies for their organ...

The health care industry is shifting from volume- to value-based payment and care delivery models...

Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

The compendium is a collection of action-oriented resources that can help design and implement st...

Yuma District HospitalYuma, CO12 Beds The Problem Yuma District Hospital, located in Yuma, Color...

Young children who missed more than half of recommended well-child visits had up to twice the ris...

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

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

 HPOE is pleased to highlight case studies from the Illinois Hospital Association’s Institute f...

Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...

This webinar provided an understanding of how scientific operations management and IHO Variabilit...

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

Now, more than ever, hospitals and health system CEOs cannot sit on their hands as new care deliv...

Joint ventures between investor-owned and nonprofit health care organizations are not new; in fac...

This article explores eight of the most challenging and interesting issues that hospital leaders ...

Many physicians are becoming employees of hospitals, medical groups or affiliate organizations. F...

One of the most vital strategies in the current health care environment is physician-hospital ali...

In an Oct. 17 webinar presented by Becker's Hospital Review, Scott Becker, a partner at McGuireWo...

Background In October 2008, CMS discontinued additional payments for certain hospital-acquired c...

Today's hospital leaders are in need of products and services to help them meet growing efficienc...

Hospitals are on a never-ending journey of quality improvement—employing new technologies and tec...

On April 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  released a final regulation for the ne...

A recent study of 39 children's hospitals revealed 16 organizations have antimicrobial stewardshi...

Safety-net hospitals have lower performance than non-SNHs on metrics of patient-reported experien...

After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

An annual list of the top 100 hospitals in the United States.

As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced...

Adoption of rapid response teams has grown dramatically in hospital settings. Despite limited evi...

As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced...

The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center created the hospital point of dispensing (HPOD) t...

St. Joseph's Hospital of Elmira implemented a comprehensive antibiotic usage program beginning Ma...

Overcrowding and bottlenecks with patient flow plague hospitals and emergency rooms across the co...

Saving lives and promoting community health certainly are commendable undertakings. To fully real...

Market forces are driving renewed interest in integration that may result in changes in the owner...

Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...

Oregon's community hospitals are committed to working together to produce high-quality patient ca...

Emergency department admitted patients used to wait an average of 24 hours for an inpatient bed a...

This P2P Series presents case studies of hospitals improving their environments to better support...

Accreditation by The Joint Commission was associated with stronger performance on disease-specifi...

While many hospital and health systems have already implemented evidence-based medicine and proce...

The inaugural report of the AHA Committee on Performance Improvement details “Hospitals and Care ...

Throughout the United States, allied hospital associations—state, regional and metropolitan—are w...

This guide was created to share best practices and key lessons from innovative organizations on a...

Given economic and industry trends related to the worldwide financial markets, the nation's econo...

This multi-case study describes how eight hospitals used Lean Six Sigma to examine and improve wo...

This guide communicates the idea that workforce and human resource practices can positively impac...

Due to the size and breadth of their organizations, multi-hospital health system leaders have a s...

The Problem Inefficiencies in the fast track at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital have long b...