Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...

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

This paper illustrates ONC’s 10-year vision for advancing health IT capabilities in a manner that...

Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center established the Quality Excellence Council at the beg...

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

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

Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviat...

There is a need for greater understanding of the factors that lead to improved process quality an...

Providing world-class quality health care may seem an audacious goal for a small or rural hospita...

This guide is a synopsis of a conversation held at the Association for Healthcare Resource & Mate...

Preventing hospital-acquired infections, reducing surgical complications and reducing readmission...

Learn from the best of the best. The 2013 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® recipients will s...

At North Shore-LIJ Health System, teamwork is everywhere. This New York health system uses TeamST...

In July 2013, the AHA released another collection of action-oriented resources that can help hosp...

Telepsychiatry is playing a pivotal role in providing timely care to hospitalized mental health p...

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

The University of Michigan Health System used lean management and the plan-do-check-act cycle to ...

"Commitment to caring" and "quality improvement" and"patient engagement" are more than catchphras...

The Florida Hospital Association is proud to recognize the 2012 Celebration of Achievement in Qua...

Beginning in 2014, the reporting of clinical quality measures will change for all providers. Elec...

A just culture. A culture of transparency. A patient-first culture. Culture transformation at Uni...

This journal article sought to determine the effects of EHRs on ambulatory quality in a community...

Background: Assessment of patient safety culture has recently expanded in inpatient settings, but...

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

Continuous. Quality. Improvement. To achieve that goal, Meriter Hospital, a 448-bed facility in M...

Quality is the first word that comes to mind when we talk about the American Hospital Association...

This study advocates for a highly structured electronic health record with real-time alerts and d...

Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...

This commentary presents a model developed to explore how health information technology affects c...

Integrating the electronic health record to improve the overall care and health of the communitie...

This annual webinar highlights thhe 2011 AHA-McKesson  Quest forQuality winners and finalists. 20...

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

The focus of this edition of the Economic Outlook is the physician preference market. The content...

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...

Quality improvement and transparency go hand in hand, David Ballard, M.D., senior vice president ...

Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed ...

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