Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

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

Stony Brook University Hospital coordinated efforts with its emergency department and ambulatory ...

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...

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., ...

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...

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

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

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

Concurrent review of three core measure sets has ensured appropriate and timely patient care. The...

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

Mercy, a large Catholic health care system, began its telehealth initiatives with an eICU program...

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

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

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

NYU Lutheran Healthcare, Brooklyn, N.Y., created a shared medical appointment program transformin...

The concept of the Triple Aim is  widely used, partially because of IHI’s work with many organiza...

At hospitals, health care systems and state, regional and metropolitan hospital associations acro...

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

Preventing falls has been in the news recently, and with good reason: Among older adults, falls a...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mayo Clinic has four operating unites to create new tools, processes and businesses. The Division...

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

AtlantiCareAtlantic City, NJ538 Beds The Problem The Special Care Center is a primary care cente...

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

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

The National Committee for Quality Assurance starts an accountable care organization accreditati...

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...

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

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

A report based on an invitational forum held on March 13, 2009, sponsored by Medically Induced Tr...

The Problem The women and infants department's lean journey began in early 2006 when a local hos...

The report recommends improved ways in which primary care practices should be paid for delivering...