Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

One out of five Americans, or over 40 million people, struggle with behavioral health each day. I...

In response to a rapidly transforming health care environment, hospitals and health systems acros...

BackgroundHenry Ford Health System is a not-for-profit corporation composed of hospitals, medical...

BackgroundMedStar Health is a not-for-profit health system in the Maryland and Washington, D.C., ...

BackgroundMultiCare Health System is a not-for-profit health care organization based in Tacoma, W...

BackgroundOchsner Health System in southeast Louisiana manages 13 hospitals and more than 40 heal...

Here’s an excellent opportunity for health care executives to study and discuss pressing health c...

At hospitals and health care systems across the country, executives, clinicians and staff are lea...

Using the Triple Aim framework, hospitals and health systems can effectively address behavioral h...

Inappropriate stress ulcer prophylaxis is a serious problem across the health care continuum. Lit...

Across the United States, nonprofit hospitals are conducting community health needs assessments, ...

This AHA report provides a review of the current state for the behavioral health workforce, outli...

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

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

The new HPOE  guide “Triple Aim Strategies to Improve Behavioral Health Care” describes strategie...

Four years ago this hospital had no clinical leadership development program. Physician leaders wi...

The health system's vision in 2014 was "to transform the delivery and financing of health care to...

Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital Physician’s Organization implem...

A collaborative network of hospitals and community organizations is improving behavioral health c...

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

This case study presents the story of CareSouth Carolina and the Northeastern Rural Health Networ...

CDMHC’s innovative programs divert hundreds of patients from the hospitals and emergency departme...

In 2008, the two hospital systems partnered with the city of Whittier, the YMCA of Greater Whitti...

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Palmetto Health has pursued multiple initiatives and strategies to promote a healthy community an...

This article highlights what hospitals are doing to improve access to behavioral health services....

The Muskegon Community Health Project, in partnership with Mercy Health Partners, is an inclusive...

With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, decisions made at the state level pla...

With four hospitals and more than 120 employed medical providers, St. Charles Health System is a ...

This infographic shows what 40-year-old Americans would pay for a second-lowest-cost silver excha...

One in four Americans experiences a behavioral health illness or substance abuse disorder each ye...

This Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence guide explains the value of integrating physical and beha...

Redefine. Partner. Integrate. Experiment. Specialize. Many hospitals and care systems are embarki...

If you build a community of care, people will come. It happened when Middlesex Hospital, in Middl...

This report discusses the importance of health in all policies, an approach to improving health b...

In California, about 16 percent of the adult population, more than 4 million people, have mental ...

How do you successfully integrate behavioral health and primary care? A recent HPOE webinar highl...

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

Being accessible only by airplane or boat adds to the scenic character of Wrangell, Alaska (popul...

Children diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavior disorders need q...

Chambers County was designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration as one of the ...

Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Jackson, Miss.– 633 beds– 3,000-plus employees In 1997, Miss...

The medical center experienced a 115 percent increase in behavioral health (BH) patients presenti...

The traditional behavioral health access model of calling for an appointment which is subsequentl...

Kaiser Permanente, as an integrated health care delivery system, has made significant progress to...

Transforming organizations, such as academic health centers or teaching hospitals, toward creatin...

Emory HealthcareAtlanta, GA Emory Healthcare, a large academic teaching system, deployed a patie...

Medicine involves decisions. But for Medicare patients with conditions for which surgery is an op...

Palliative care specializes in taking care of patients with serious illness and focuses on provid...

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

This report is part of a new effort to provide medical students with information about the patter...

America's health care system has become too complex and costly to continue business as usual, say...

This statistic may surprise you: Mental health conditions and mood disorders including depression...

This paper examines successful approaches to delivering mental health treatment in primary care a...

This guide describes how HCAHPS data should be used in context with other information about organ...

The Joint Academy is a multidisciplinary team approach that begins in the community with orthoped...

Aurora Health CareMilwaukee, WI The Problem Aurora Health Care is a nonprofit, integrated delive...

Summa Health SystemAkron, OH461 Beds The Problem Summa Health System serves a five county region...

This report provides a guide to conducting health impact assessments. It stresses the importance ...

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

Ten existential questions will make the difference between limping into the future and soaring to...

This paper explores the current limits of primary care in the US, looks at illustrative models th...

The paper makes recommendations for enhancing QI efforts in health care, including providing stro...

Treating U.S. veterans with mental illness and substance use disorders is more expensive than car...

In a recent study, the non-profit Commonwealth Fund found that the U.S. ranks 16th out of 16 nati...

The Rand Health Insurance Experiment found that patients had little or no control over their hea...

Reining in health care costs has become a central policy challenge for government and a pressing ...

This sponsored supplement explores the challenges of investing for lower-cost devices, services a...

This 46-page document reviews the history of Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives and consi...

This article addresses health care innovations that can help improve population and meet future h...