Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

U.S. health care leaders are continually working to improve care processes while advancing a medi...

To help reduce 30-day readmission rates, South Nassau Communities Hospital implemented “Right Car...

SBH Health System implemented numerous strategies to reduce the number of Cather-Associated Urina...

Cortland Regional Medical Center’s Transitional Care Program is working to reduce 30-day readmiss...

Quality and safety are “top of the agenda” at urban and rural hospitals across the country. At Ho...

MedEx Bedside Prescription Delivery is the very first bedside medication delivery service for hos...

Since 2012, the Aiming for Zero program at Northwell Hospital is continuously working to reduce C...

The best way to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) is to limit the use ...

Reducing and eliminating patient harm are at the forefront of patient safety and continue to be a...

According to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Stati...

In response to high readmission rates coming from the health system’s skilled nursing facility (S...

Chronic wounds are a growing problem in the United States. Based on evidence-based research of re...

The Reducing Readmissions: Making Data Real project decreased acute rehospitalization rates by al...

The goal of this project was to standardize protocols for controlling patient pain following tota...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), defined as a deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary emboli, is linke...

Surgical site infections (SSI) lead to patient suffering, morbidity and mortality, extended lengt...

The 2012 New England Compounding Center tragedy and ongoing drug shortages have caused a dramatic...

Troponin is a cardiac marker for acute myocardial infarction, making this lab test a key part of ...

Medical dispense overrides allow nurses to dispense medications from the Pyxis machine without ph...

Patient falls during hospitalization can lead to increased inpatient care costs, decreased patien...

A review of the hospital’s quality indicators revealed an unacceptable rate of catheter-associate...

Although episiotomy was once considered a routine part of childbirth, in recent years, there has ...

The hospital’s venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate for total joint patients was 36.2 in 2011 and 37...

For several years, the hospital has been focused on reducing 30-day readmissions. After learning ...

The prevention of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) is a major focus for health care orga...

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a major cause of morbidity and morta...

A systematic, repeatable approach was developed to monitor pneumonia patients 30 days following d...

Readmissions are a burden for patients, families and health care providers. HSHS St. Joseph's Hos...

This academic medical center developed and implemented a program to improve outcomes and reduce r...

Administration of medications is one of the most error-prone stages in the medication use process...

The AHA's Physician Leadership Forum and Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative have relea...

Bassett Medical Center, a 180-bed hospital in Cooperstown, New York, has implemented and sustaine...

Clark Regional Medical Center (CRMC) is a 79 bed, community hospital serving the residents of eas...

Meritus Health’s replacement hospital, Meritus Medical Center, opened five years ago in Washingto...

Mission accomplished, but the work continues. At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in L...

Evidence-based guidelines now support restrictive red blood cell transfusion practices to enhance...

Failure to rescue is the failure to recognize or act upon the patient's decline in condition resu...

In May 2011, the hospital was experiencing an increase in mislabeled specimens among the ED and o...

A unique telemedicine consultation between a rural hospital and skilled rehabilitation/nursing fa...

Maternal cardiac arrest is rare but often fatal. Obstetricians and perinatal nurses are often fir...

The pediatric team at this hospital recognized the need to improve processes surrounding care of ...

The hospital started working on Project Re-engineered Discharge (Project RED) in 2011. A patient ...

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

The project was to develop an infrastructure for a falls prevention program based on nursing fall...

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

The decision was made to proceed with efforts to eliminate elective deliveries prior to 39 weeks ...

...and therefore decrease the hospital’s financial risk as part of health care reform, increase c...

A patient's home environment or lack of support system can have a negative impact on their health...

Phase I consisted of developing and implementing protocols for cases presenting to the emergency ...

The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...

To align the hospital ministry with the needs of the community and to reduce avoidable health car...

Noting an upward trend in central line-associated blood stream infections, the hospital joined th...

A multidisciplinary committee found that despite an overall sepsis mortality rate similar to expe...

The hospital used evidence-based tools and interventions to decrease hospital readmissions by tak...

Based on the consultant’s recommendations, Lee Memorial’s (Fort Myers, Fla.) senior management de...

This facility's coronary artery stents per admission rate was consistently higher than the nation...

The project began with a focus on CHF readmissions. As the multidisciplinary team saw decreases i...

An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

This quality project evaluated the impact of translating evidence based CLABSI practice from the ...

Baxter Regional Medical Center, a 268-bed facility in Mountain Home, Arkansas, used best practice...

Garfield Medical Center, a 210-bed facility in Monterey, California, used best practices and peer...

Los Alamitos Medical Center, a 167-bed facility in Los Alamitos, California, used best practices ...

Midstate Medical Center, a 134-bed facility in Meriden, Connecticut, committed to reducing harm a...

NCH Healthcare System, a 325-bed facility in Naples, Florida, started its journey to reduce harm ...

Ponca City Medical Center, a 140-bed facility in Ponca City, Oklahoma, used HEN best practices an...

Sanford Mayville Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Mayville, North Dakota, use...

St. Catherine Hospital, a 189-bed facility in East Chicago, Indiana, used best practices and peer...

Yuma Regional Medical Center, a 406-bed facility in Yuma, Arizona, used best practices and peer-t...

Presence St. Mary’s Hospital, Kankakee, Ill., improved readmission rates for heart failure patien...

Pekin (Ill.) Hospital used plan-do-study-act with evidence-based practice research, guidelines re...

Hospitals and care systems across the country are engaged in quality improvement efforts to impro...

Although rare and difficult to study, wrong-site surgery is a serious risk recognized by health c...

It is estimated that 25 percent of falls by hospital patients are preventable. Saint Alphonsus Re...

Some patients have difficulty effectively managing their medications because they don't fully und...

A gap analysis was conducted. Key themes emerged in this analysis such as inadequate preparation ...