Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

The Chairman’s File columns provide just a glimpse of the excellent work that our nation’s hospit...

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

More and more hospitals and health systems are leading community collaborations to create positiv...

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

Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a 2015 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National...

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...

Each year more than one million patients in the United States are diagnosed with sepsis, a condit...

In accord with their commitment to equity of care and leadership diversity, hospitals and health ...

Baseball managers tinker with team lineups to improve results on the field, and hospitals can do ...

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

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

More than 90 percent of U.S. hospitals are committed to population health. This is according to a...

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

What does it take to be a winner? Children's Hospital Colorado received the 2015 AHA-McKesson Que...

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

Apps and iPads are tools of choice for improving the health of Pennsylvania schoolchildren. Lehig...

Addressing the complex needs of older patients and their caregivers is the focus of the Bridge Mo...

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

A population health initiative in Rochester, New York, is bringing together two health care syste...

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

Two health care systems and more than 20 community organizations are improving the health and wel...

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

Working with community organizations, including competitors, Palmetto Health is improving the hea...

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

May 31 - June 6, 2015, is Community Health Improvement Week. The Association for Community Health...

Patient engagement is paramount to reducing readmissions and improving quality of life. That’s wh...

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...

n 2013, San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center, Conejos County Hospital and five clinics officia...

Learning, sharing resources and discussing projects on cutting-edge topics in health care transfo...

“Mobility is medicine,” say clinicians and volunteers working together to improve patient care at...

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...

Delivering the right care, at the right time, in the right place. That focus is the strategy for ...

When hospitals care for victims of violence, it provides a window of opportunity to interrupt the...

The only acceptable number of avoidable patient harms is zero. At Ponca City (Okla.) Medical Cent...

Building a culture of health means ensuring all people have the opportunity to live productive, h...

Working toward the Triple Aim of better care, better health and lower cost means achieving the go...

The AHA/HRET HEN project ended in December 2014, but quality improvement work continues at hospit...

Partnering in 2014, the AHA Committee on Research and AHA Committee on Performance Improvement fo...

By focusing on preventive care and health promotion, hospitals are catalyzing change in their com...

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