Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Providing quality care for patients with limited English proficiency can be challenging, even for...

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...

Holy Cross Hospital could be characterized as an emergency department with critical care units. T...

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

The chair files highlight stories of hospitals and health systems that are implementing innovativ...

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...

Disparities in care were noted for diabetes, cardio vascular disease and cancer screeening for Hm...

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

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

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

The driving principle behind the outpatient service excellence journey is excellent customer serv...

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

Today we need leaders who can help address the challenges and maximize the tremendous opportuniti...

Southcentral FoundationAnchorage, AK150 beds A nonprofit health care organization owned by the A...

Informed Medical Decisions FoundationBoston, MAThe Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, founded...

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

Use this tool to assess whether your health-related organization or system, or coalition of organ...