Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

The 2016 chairman's columns have focused on  inspiring stories about hospitals and health systems...

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

Improving the health of communities where people live, work and play is more important than ever....

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

To improve community health, Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics (MGH&FC) in Shelton, Wash...

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 ...

Focusing on community needs using a data-driven approach and local resources has improved care fo...

Here’s an excellent opportunity for health care executives to study and discuss pressing health c...

Homelessness is a hidden but real issue in Chittenden County, VT. University of Vermont Medical C...

Analyzing contributing factors and implementing targeted, sustainable solutions have helped hospi...

A health care collaboration in rural Missouri is expanding patient access to primary and behavior...

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

Since September 2015, the AHA/HRET HEN 2.0 hospitals have been working to reduce hospital-acquire...

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

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

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

Developing and sustaining hospital-community partnerships to address community health needs are c...

A vigorous approach to quality improvement at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill., is ac...

Post-discharge phone calls are best practice, but multiple phone calls can confuse and frustrate ...

Community health needs assessments—CHNAs—are becoming a driver of community collaborations and a ...

A “Germ Crusher” challenge at Children’s Hospital Colorado brought together leadership, staff, pa...

For its excellent work addressing community health needs, Massachusetts General Hospital in Bosto...

“Small changes can make a big difference.” So say health care professionals working to prevent ad...

A powerful tool for hospitals to address priority health needs of their patient population and th...

June 5–11 is Community Health Improvement Week. The AHA’s Association for Community Health Improv...

An intervention to prevent childhood obesity has blossomed into a communitywide effort led by a l...

Using HOUDINI to eliminate CAUTI. It’s all about decreasing the inappropriate use of indwelling c...

The Sunday Shoes Program is an innovative solution to help heart failure patients monitor weight ...

Ten years ago, Mercy began telemedicine in its ICUs to improve patient outcomes. Today the St. Lo...

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...

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

State and regional hospital associations across the United States are recognizing hospitals and h...

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

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

A collaborative network of hospitals and community organizations is improving behavioral health c...

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

Every day, hospitals are successfully meeting challenges and providing quality care in their comm...

Focusing on value-based payment structures has helped Mount Auburn Hospital design care delivery ...

Sanpete Valley Hospital, a critical access hospital in Mount Pleasant, Utah, is leading behaviora...

To address disparities in health care outcomes, Main Line Health is proactively addressing socioe...