Community health initiatives that start with small successes can lead to bigger changes. St. Cath...

February 13th, 2017
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Hospitals are helping students with disabilities transition from school to the workplace. Mat-Su ...

November 7th, 2016
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A health care collaboration in rural Missouri is expanding patient access to primary and behavior...

October 3rd, 2016
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“Every staff member counts” and “every patient counts.” With this mantra, AllianceHealth Pryor in...

August 22nd, 2016
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An intervention to prevent childhood obesity has blossomed into a communitywide effort led by a l...

May 23rd, 2016
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St. Joseph Health, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, a 208-bed hospital in Napa, California, is...

March 7th, 2016
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Change can be uncomfortable. But no matter how sophisticated, hospitals and health care systems n...

December 8th, 2014
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Engaging patients and families in health care can help hospitals achieve the Triple Aim: better c...

August 11th, 2014
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Whether cheering for soccer, tennis, baseball, softball or another sport, fans no doubt have witn...

June 30th, 2014
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Hospitals and health care systems can support their missions and also many additional benefits by...

June 9th, 2014
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Every October pink appears on everything from ribbons to football helmets and even illuminates th...

October 28th, 2013
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Teamwork between infection control and environmental services professionals at Hunterdon Medical ...

October 21st, 2013

October 6 – 12 is Mental Health Awareness Week. According to estimates, in the United States each...

October 7th, 2013
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Zero is an important number at Broward Health North. The 409-bed community hospital in Deerfield ...

September 9th, 2013
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Only a small percentage of patients develop a health care-associated infection after surgery, and...

July 22nd, 2013
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Here’s a disheartening statistic from the National Cancer Institute: in the United States, white ...

June 17th, 2013
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Here's a disheartening statistic from the National Cancer Institute: in the United States, white ...

June 17th, 2013
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June 2–8 is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health Improvement s...

June 3rd, 2013
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Improving discharge can reap multiple benefits for patients and providers, including reducing rea...

May 1st, 2013
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Does your hospital huddle? Staff in the medical-surgical unit at Fairbanks (AK) Memorial Hospital...

February 25th, 2013
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From flexible visiting hours to family-centered rounds, hospitals are encouraging patients and fa...

February 4th, 2013
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Increasing patient adherence to medications? Check. Providing safe, patient-centered care? Check...

November 19th, 2012
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Involving everyone from front-line staff to executive committees to home health agencies to patie...

November 12th, 2012
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Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, a 347-bed public hospital in Bronx, N.Y., has establish...

October 8th, 2012
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By "re-engineering"discharge and enhancing communication, The Chester County Hospital, West Chest...

September 24th, 2012
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Engaging and training diabetes patients is helping to change and save lives. Here's how: Rowan Re...

June 11th, 2012
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Part of the Alliance collaborative since 1994, Billings Clinic had been serving its community wit...

May 7th, 2012
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The rural community of Ellenville, New York (population 4,000), and the New York borough of Brook...

April 30th, 2012
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For people with diabetes, getting the proper treatment for foot wounds can prevent lingering prob...

April 16th, 2012
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For people with diabetes, getting the proper treatment for foot wounds can prevent lingering prob...

April 16th, 2012
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For 18 years, Community House Calls, a UW Medicine program of Harborview Medical Center in Seattl...

April 9th, 2012
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Walk into an ER for treatment and walk out with a medical home. Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospit...

March 26th, 2012
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Wrong site surgeries are rare and difficult to study. But most health care organizations recogniz...

February 27th, 2012
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A strategy to use a single, integrated EMR has helped make Elliot Health System, based in Manches...

January 9th, 2012
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Clinical IT systems create great opportunities and challenges, especially for rural hospitals. St...

November 21st, 2011
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Providing high-quality care to every child has always been the objective at Children's Mercy Hosp...

October 31st, 2011
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Educating staff. Connecting patients to primary care physicians upon discharge. Identifying patie...

October 3rd, 2011
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A medical staff that is committed to social justice and a vision statement that includes reducing...

September 26th, 2011
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A medical staff that is committed to social justice and a vision statement that includes reducing...

September 26th, 2011
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The answer is: attracting, retaining and developing the best workforce. The question: What is one...

September 19th, 2011
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Overcoming transition challenges requires tenacity and teamwork. During a time of transition befo...

September 12th, 2011
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Efficient bed placement for patients can mean fewer discharge delays, decreased length of stay an...

August 8th, 2011
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The mission: to eliminate all preventable harm by January 1, 2012. The team leaders: board of dir...

June 27th, 2011
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Transplant recipients are fragile patients, at high risk for infections and fluid and electrolyte...

June 6th, 2011
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The patient population of Heywood Hospital in Gardner, Mass., seemed to lack diversity. But by ac...

May 2nd, 2011
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The patient population of Heywood Hospital in Gardner, Mass., seemed to lack diversity. But by ac...

May 2nd, 2011
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"Navigating the rising tide of HACs" is what Baystate Medical Center (BMC) calls this project. A ...

April 18th, 2011
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Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii, used "a novel approach" to ...

March 21st, 2011
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A focus on wellness to provide better health and better health care is part of the AHA's Health F...

February 21st, 2011
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The journey from good to great for Good Samaritan Hospital of Baltimore started with differentiat...

January 10th, 2011
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Joseph Betancourt, M.D., director of multicultural education for Massachusetts General Hospital i...

September 20th, 2010
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Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed i...

August 16th, 2010
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Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed ...

August 16th, 2010
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Abington Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from the chie...

August 9th, 2010
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Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from th...

August 9th, 2010
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Seamless, effective patient handoffs are a critical piece of any hospital?s patient safety framew...

July 19th, 2010
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Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, Kirkland, Wash., implemented best practices in patient flow bu...

June 21st, 2010
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For expectant mothers at risk for childbirth complications, the OB assist team at Abington (Pa.) ...

June 14th, 2010
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ED bottlenecks are common problems in hospitals causing excessive wait times, decreasing patient ...

May 17th, 2010
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As the automobile industry in Flint, Mich., has declined, area residents have faced significant s...

April 12th, 2010
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"There are two jobs at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, Utica, N.Y. "taking care of patients directl...

March 15th, 2010
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The 3,500 employees of Eastern (Bangor) Maine Medical Center are role models for other employees ...

March 8th, 2010
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After attending a 2005 conference on trauma-informed care, two nurses at Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospi...

February 22nd, 2010
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Extending services beyond the hospital walls to its most vulnerable patients?that is the goal of ...

February 1st, 2010
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When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...

January 25th, 2010
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When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...

January 25th, 2010
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The Problem Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem nationwide, caused, in part, by injudi...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem nationwide, caused, in part, by injudi...

August 1st, 2009
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