Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

This weekend kicks off a not-to-be-missed event for hospital and health system leaders: the AHA’s...

April is National Minority Health Month, dedicated to raising awareness about health disparities ...

All future performance improvement projects will address health care disparities. That’s the comm...

Hospitals and health systems are intensifying their focus to ensure all patients receive high-qua...

Hospitals are helping students with disabilities transition from school to the workplace. Mat-Su ...

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

Every aspect of a patient’s experience of care is influenced by valuable and often underused reso...

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

April is National Minority Health Month. Led by the HHS Office of Minority Health, the 2016 event...

When outpatients at Summa Health in Akron, Ohio, were frequently getting lost on their way to app...

One patient safety tool can be used in all care and service areas, improving safety and quality f...

Join more than 900 hospitals and health systems and 30 state and metropolitan hospital associatio...

Leadership, innovation and commitment to quality and safety—all are needed to deliver exceptional...

Overcoming language barriers with patients improves communication, a critical element of safety a...

Hospitals and health systems are focusing on cultural competence to create an environment and wor...

Nine in 10 adults in the community lacked the literacy skills to manage their health and prevent ...

The Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence website highlights quality improvement stories at hundreds...

Teamwork champions on a diverse change team: These were key as The MetroHealth System in Clevelan...

The work to advance health care equity is always evolving, always improving at Henry Ford Health ...

Diversity and inclusion are key strategic goals at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in cen...

Each year, the Illinois Hospital Association recognizes and celebrates the achievements of Illino...

National attention to the issue of antibiotic stewardship is increasing. Drug-resistant bacteria ...

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

Scorecards aren’t just for baseball and boxing. Health care leaders are using scorecards to track...

Building successful partnerships with patients and families may be a key strategy in a hospital’s...

April is National Minority Health Month. In 2011, the AHA and four partners formed Equity of Care...

University Hospitals, Cleveland, is advancing multiple care equity initiatives. The over 2,000-be...

Building a culture that is inclusive and founded on principles of diversity was a “key destinatio...

Identifying solutions to reduce hospital-acquired conditions. Working to spread this knowledge to...

Community members are integral partners at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania, helping ...

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

The answer is HPOE.org. The question: Where do hospital and care system leaders find resources an...

“Once a patient believes that you [the provider] understand them, we think the healing begins,” s...

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

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

A national leader in health care equity, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has developed s...

Rooftop gardens are flourishing atop more and more hospitals. On unused roof space at Castle Medi...

Providing world-class quality health care may seem an audacious goal for a small or rural hospita...

Four generations are working side by side in hospitals and care systems today. Atlantic Health Sy...

Never underestimate the power of data. Hannibal (Mo.) Regional Hospital focused on collecting and...

After more than a decade of war, many U.S. military service members have experienced an unprecede...

At North Shore-LIJ Health System, teamwork is everywhere. This New York health system uses TeamST...

Zero is an important number at Broward Health North. The 409-bed community hospital in Deerfield ...

A summer internship program growing in Brooklyn is introducing minority high school students to c...

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

Here's a disheartening statistic from the National Cancer Institute: in the United States, white ...

Children diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavior disorders need q...

Patients may be Christian, Jew, Muslim or of any other religious expression—at Lutheran Medical C...

Think of all the instruments, equipment and furniture in a hospital operating room. Any of these ...

More than 64 million surgeries are performed annually in the United States. Preventing surgical s...

A commitment to diversity came first. That was followed by specific action projects to increase d...

Does your hospital huddle? Staff in the medical-surgical unit at Fairbanks (AK) Memorial Hospital...

Central line-associated bloodstream infections cause serious illness and death. Front-line caregi...

Imagine being hospitalized for a serious illness and being unable to communicate with nurses or d...

43,750: That’s the number of fall injuries the CMS Partnership for Patients campaign estimates wo...

Involving everyone from front-line staff to executive committees to home health agencies to patie...

A just culture. A culture of transparency. A patient-first culture. Culture transformation at Uni...

Every four years, the Olympic Games recognize athletes on a quest to be the best in their chosen ...

Though more work needs to be done, our nation's hospitals are making advancements in providing qu...

Occupying a five-block campus on Chicago's west side and serving an area that stretches about 15 ...

Enriching. That's how AnMed Health views the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity of its ...

Improving quality of care can go hand in hand with eliminating disparities in care. University of...

A medical staff that is committed to social justice and a vision statement that includes reducing...

Changing demographics continue to fuel the growth of cultural diversity in Northeast Ohio. In tur...

The patient population of Heywood Hospital in Gardner, Mass., seemed to lack diversity. But by ac...

To expertly execute a dribble handoff in basketball, communication between teammates is key. How ...

March 6-12 is designated as National Patient Safety Awareness Week...and we know that America's h...

Joseph Betancourt, M.D., director of multicultural education for Massachusetts General Hospital i...

Senior leaders at Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, knew the system's community-acq...

"There are two jobs at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, Utica, N.Y. "taking care of patients directl...