Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

March 12-18, 2017, is Patient Safety Awareness Week, led by the National Patient Safety Foundatio...

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...

A history as a resource-challenged urban safety net hospital with a high-risk population, a lack ...

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

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

A health system in rural Minnesota has helped develop an innovative model to prevent prescription...

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

Norwood Hospital is a full-service, 263-bed community hospital in Norwood, Massachusetts. In 2013...

Children’s Hospital Colorado launched a fun, hospital-wide hand hygiene challenge called “Germ Cr...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sharing best practices and facilitating peer-to-peer learning were core elements of the AHA/HRET ...

Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, a 237-bed facility in Orlando, Florida, used best practices and peer-to...

Hospital Menonita de Aibonito, a 150-bed facility in Aibonito, Puerto Rico, used best practices a...

Presence Saint Joseph Hospital, a 184-bed facility in Elgin, Illinois, examined quality metrics t...

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

St. John's Hospital, a 431-bed facility in Springfield, Illinois, used best practices and peer-to...

UConn John Dempsey Hospital, a 174-bed facility in Farmington, Connecticut, used best practices a...

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

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

Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Network GoalsReduce patient harm by 40 percent and ...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality prize honors hospitals that have a committed in a systemic man...

Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the flagship publication of the AHA, has put together a web...

Throughout the past decade, there has been a substantial increase in the national frequency of po...

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

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

After identification of an opportunity to reduce CAUTIs, leadership headed an initiative to reduc...

Harm/hospital-acquired condition reports were sent to each hospital. In reviewing both campuses, ...

Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...

The medical center’s mission was to reduce the C. difficile rate from 26.7 cases per 10,000 patie...

The glycemic collaborative is an ongoing, multidisciplinary initiative developed to improve blood...

Griffin HospitalDerby, CT160 Beds Griffin Hospital is the flagship hospital for Planetree, Inc.,...

Ryhov HospitalJönköping, Sweden Ryhov Hospital is a county hospital in Jönköping, Sweden, with a...

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

Background In October 2008, CMS discontinued additional payments for certain hospital-acquired c...

Objective: To understand factors leading to all-cause 30-day readmissions in a community hospital...

This audio program features current news and information from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Rese...

Considering the evolution of measures designed to prevent nosocomial pneumonia, it makes clinical...

Rob Olson, MD, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Bellingham, Wash., sold his solo practice when he ...

A recent study of 39 children's hospitals revealed 16 organizations have antimicrobial stewardshi...

Patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction or congestive heart failure are more likely...

Drawing from data reported by the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the Agency for Healthcare Research an...

Pennsylvania facilities submitted 879 medication error reports from July 1, 2004, through January...

A patient care initiative was created to eliminate catheter-associated urinary tract infections. ...

After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

Infection Control surveillance identified 49 episodes of CLABSI from July 2008-June 2009, greater...

The Kishwaukee Community Hospital nurses and physicians recognized the opportunity to improve car...

Reduction of hospital-acquired infections is a major focus of the board of directors and senior l...

The reduction of HAPU has been a focus for 10 years at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center. Over tha...

Quarterly surveys revealed elevated hospital-acquired pressure ulcer rates unchanged by previous ...

The aim of this project was to reduce the number of Venous Thromboembolisms acquired during hospi...

A multidisciplinary team was formed to increase the rate of risk assessment and appropriate thera...

Adoption of rapid response teams has grown dramatically in hospital settings. Despite limited evi...

This toolkit is designed to help your hospital understand the Quality Indicators from AHRQ, and s...

The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

Stern Family Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation tracked hospital readmissions and found ...

Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...

Health Quest uses and benefits from a system wide root cause analysis policy to address adverse a...

Beth Israel Medical Center implemented a multifaceted intervention to interrupt transmission and ...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia and central line-associated infections data for the third quarter...

Outside the intensive care unit, catheters remain in place for a longer duration; therefore, it i...

St. Joseph's Hospital of Elmira implemented a comprehensive antibiotic usage program beginning Ma...

Stony Brook University Medical Center joined the Institute for Healthcare Improvement critical ca...

St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester, division of Saint Joseph's Medical Center began this initiati...

The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2012 User Comparative Database Report provides res...

Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD425 Beds The Problem Holy Cross is a not-for-profit teaching...

About 1 in 12 adults (8.2 percent) aged 21 and older discharged from a hospital to the community ...

Nearly one-quarter of privately insured colon surgery patients are readmitted to the hospital wit...

This certified CME/CE activity focuses on caring for patients with chronic pain in the hospital ...