Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

In 2015, the geriatric and palliative care team at South Nassau Communities Hospital sponsored a ...

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

BackgroundIllinois Valley Community Hospital is a 49-bed, not-for-profit hospital located in Peru...

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

Today more than ever, it is important to focus on reducing unnecessary testing and unneeded emerg...

The facility partnered with local emergency medical services (EMS) providers to improve early rec...

The hospital identified two process improvement opportunities related to medication safety effort...

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...

Over the past 20 years, nursing homes have been undertaking a cultural transition to look and fee...

Ten years ago, Mercy began telemedicine in its ICUs to improve patient outcomes. Today the St. Lo...

Creating a quieter hospital environment can help the healing process and improve the patient expe...

In January 2015, Southern Illinois Healthcare, based in Carbondale, was awarded an 18-month USDA ...

The premise of this project was that failure to maintain a patient's respect and dignity represen...

Approximately two years ago frontline staff presented a proposal to remove bed and chair alarms f...

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

Tufts Medical Center made a decision to create its own quality improvement training for its workf...

In 2012, a physician-led Pioneer accountable care organization recognized an opportunity to bette...

North Shore Medical Center aims to provide the perfect patient experience based on evidence-based...

The skilled nursing facility three-day waiver program is an exciting opportunity at Partners Heal...

Nighttime or off-shift intubations are a low-frequency, high-risk procedure in a community hospit...

At Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a small group of challenging patients account for a disproportio...

North Shore Medical Center is dedicated to safely transitioning all emergency department patients...

Through this initiative, Highland Healthcare Associates IPA seeks to improve the physician's expe...

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

Boston Children’s Hospital and its associated pediatric primary care physicians organization coll...

Hallmark Health System, Inc., is participating in the Community-based Care Transitions Program (C...

At Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, the pediatric intensive care unit has been implem...

This health care system's unique post-acute care (PAC) continuum of Inpatient Rehabilitation Faci...

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...

More and more hospitals and health systems are leading community collaborations to create positiv...

Since 2007, The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Psychiatry Residency program has help...

Hospitals strive to achieve the Triple Aim. This collection of case studies features three exampl...

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

Addressing the complex needs of older patients and their caregivers is the focus of the Bridge Mo...

The Bridge Model improves transitions of care by utilizing master’s-educated social workers in a ...

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

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

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

This toolkit has tips on  Selecting Patients and Families to Serve as Advisors Preparation fo...

The Wisconsin Quality of Life Index is a multidimensional model for measuring patients’ quality o...

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

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

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

Lake Placid and Tupper Lake, nursing homes that are part of Adirondack Health, Saranac Lake, N.Y....

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

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

Matching patients with primary care physicians was top priority of this project improvement by th...

Matching patients with primary care physicians was top priority of this project improvement by th...

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

This article highlights the success of a pilot project between Park Nicollet hospital, St. Louis ...

Transition coaches may be the “glue” between hospital visits and primary care. So says Julie Cann...

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

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...

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

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 National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quali...

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

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

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...

This primer discusses community benefit laws across the United States, noting differences in fede...

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

Assisted living facilities allow residents to "age in place" by adjusting their level of care and...

At hospital shift changes, doctors and nurses exchange crucial information about the patients the...

For the last century, the major causes of disease and death among Americans have changed, shiftin...

Acute care hospitals have been establishing palliative programs at a rapid pace; the United States n...

In 1996, as the growth in managed care increased the role for general internists and primary care...

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

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

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

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