Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

As many older patients are affected by Clostridium difficile (C.diff) in hospital settings, South...

Communities around the country are experiencing challenges in preventing substance use. For some ...

Hospitals and faith organizations are collaborating to improve health care outcomes and organize ...

St. Joseph Health, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, a 208-bed hospital in Napa, California, is...

The Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) created the Accountable Care Compass Awards to highl...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize honors hospitals that demonstrate progress in achieving ...

Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital's care transition program successfully reduced all-cause ...

The Heathcare Association of New York State announced its 2015 Community Health Improvement award...

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

July 2009-October 2011 baseline data for the blood culture contamination rate in the ED showed it...

Cox Health System's (Springfield, Mo.) medical leadership created a list of medical indications t...

Hospitals and care systems are uniquely positioned to play an integral role preventing violence i...

The Stars of the Field is H&HN's second annual AHA awards issue. Hospitals that are making tremen...

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

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

Only a small percentage of patients develop a health care-associated infection after surgery, and...

New Ulm Medical CenterNew Ulm, MN45 Beds The Problem New Ulm Medical Center, a critical access h...

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

Effective care transitions programs can do more than improve patient care: patients learn to mana...

Development of a Norwood Clinic allowed the quality improvement team to create goals to decrease ...

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

During 2012, despite economic challenges, hospitals and health care systems throughout the United...

The mobile app from HPOE will ensure you receive up-to-date alerts when new HPOE guides are relea...

HRET has been awarded a contract by CMS to support their Partnership for Patients campaign. PfP i...

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

Annual analysis of the health care of a record number of Americans by the National Committee for ...

Patients hospitalized for tobacco-related illnesses may be the most motivated to quit using tobac...

A collection of 10 short essays by the industry luminaries who have received HRET's TRUST Award s...

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

A multidisciplinary team was developed with objectives to provide clear, easy to understand educa...

The OSF cardiac service line implemented a STEMI Improvement project to identify obstacles that c...

Until recently, Stony Brook University Medical Center's approach to core measure data consisted o...

As the largest segment of the health care workforce, with more than 3 million professionals, nurs...

The report provides: Background on health and wellness programs and how they are incentivized ...

When Katherine Herrmann, the clinical quality facilitator at Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, w...

The guide is designed to serve as a quick, simple resource by outlining four steps: Examine yo...

The Problem Incorrect patient identification through the registration process increases the pote...

St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn., has taken a lead role in creating the Hope Dis...