Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Most hospitals collect race, ethnicity and language data, but a smaller percentage use the data i...

This HPOE webinar, held in conjunction with the Institute for Diversity in Health Management, fea...

Excellent patient-centered care is the goal of a program implemented by the team at McDonough Dis...

Read about how Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare developed a minority nusing program that identifies ...

Read about the many programs that Novant Health has developed around leadership diversity includi...

Founded in 1912, MedStar St. Mary's Hospital serves the people of St. Mary's County, Maryland. A ...

Creating a culture of health requires community partnerships with every major stakeholder contrib...

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

This handy visual aid illustrates the main points from "2013 Diversity and Disparities: A Benchma...

This webinar introduces and explains the ONC-sponsored SAFER guides, which can be found at http:/...

In order to achieve the Triple Aim, hospital leaders must implement strategies to achieve the Sec...

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

Based in the Pennsylvania cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Hazleton, Lehigh Valley Health Netwo...

Baystate Health, based in Springfield, Mass., has two formal mentorship programs available to its...

For nearly 20 years, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Jersey has partnered with the...

The Minority Faculty Development Awards program at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cl...

The University of Mississippi Medical Center created a Healthcare Disparities Council with 40 mem...

Greenville Health System in South Carolina overhauled its leadership search and selection process...

Recognizing the need for diversity management, Sparrow Heatlh System in Lansing, Mich., hired a d...

The Institute for Diversity in Health Management's Summer Enrichment Program matches and places m...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize annually honors hospitals and health systems that contin...

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

Matching patients with primary care physicians was top priority of this project improvement by th...

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

Matching patients with primary care physicians was top priority of this project improvement by th...

Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, worked to create a highly reliable system for follow up ...

Norwegian American Hospital, Chicago, improved both influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates ...

Lean Six Sigma tools were used to reduce pressure ulcers at Memorial Health System, Springfield, ...

There is often confusion around what is meant by the term “population health.” HPOE and the Assoc...

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

Albany Medical Center developed the Child Advocacy Resident Education program that aims to improv...

Montefiore Medical Center's School Health Program is the largest and most comprehensive school-ba...

How is your hospital building a culture of health in the community? That is, a culture in which a...

How is your hospital building a culture of health in the community? That is, a culture in which a...

California's Central Valley is known for its abundant fruits and vegetables; however, many famili...

The growing undergraduate public health movement in the nation is exciting; yet, concerns linger ...

The Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, a partner of the Brooklyn Health Disparities Center, ...

African immigrants and refugees represent four percent of the total population in the United Stat...

In 2013, the Connecticut Multicultural State Partnership, a non-profit health advocacy group, rec...

Increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of the nation's health professions workforce has many ...

In a this video, leaders from CHRISTUS Health provide an overview of the Equity of Care initiativ...

The National Center for Health Care Leadership's diversity leadership demonstration project is th...

The AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize annually honors hospitals and health systems that contin...

This HPOE webinar, held with the Institute for Diversity, highlights Henry Ford Health System, wh...

This guide provides a framework for hospitals and care systems to stratify patient race, ethnicit...

Diversity has become a core value at U.S. hospitals. Meridian Health, a not-for-profit health car...

The Employee Flu Immunization Campaign Kit is designed to help hospitals, nursing homes, and othe...

Making incremental changes and collaborating with area hospitals and community organizations have...

Hospital-based Strategies for Creating a Culture of Health provides background on the Robert Wood...

The foundation of all efforts to identify disparities, improve quality, achieve equity and delive...

For six months, Brandywine Hospital has not had one central line-associated bloodstream infection...

OSF Healthcare, Peoria, Ill., wanted to improve the care of patients experiencing an ST elevation...

Nearly 1,500 U.S. hospitals are working to eliminate patient harm and reduce hospital readmission...

OSF Healthcare, Peoria, Ill., wanted to improve the care of patients experiencing an ST elevation...

Presence St. Mary’s Hospital, Kankakee, Ill., improved readmission rates for heart failure patien...

Pekin (Ill.) Hospital used plan-do-study-act with evidence-based practice research, guidelines re...

Saint Anthony Health Center, Alton, Ill., took a hard look at data from its cancer program and fo...

Strengthening - Treatment - Outcomes - Patients Elmhurst Hospital Center participated in develop...

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

INTEGRIS Health is the largest Oklahoma-owned health care corporation. Its facilities cover the c...

Hospitals and health systems recognized for excellence in health care equity are sharing their wo...

This infographic provides a sample of the findings from the 2013 Diversity and Disparities: A Ben...

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

Trustees, senior leaders and quality chairs play a pivotal role as their hospitals and health car...

With four hospitals and more than 120 employed medical providers, St. Charles Health System is a ...

Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviat...

Take best practices from two industries focused on safety and reliability—nuclear power and aviat...

This webinar showcases the transformational journey of St. Charles Health System in Bend, Ore., a...

In conjunction with Health Services Research, this webinar showcases health IT developments in th...

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

Although rare and difficult to study, wrong-site surgery is a serious risk recognized by health c...

Equity of Care, in collaboration with the Institute for Diversity in Health Management is featuri...

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

Cybersecurity vulnerabilities and intrusions pose risks for every hospital and its reputation. Wh...

With the rise in higher-deductible health plans and coinsurance, Americans are paying an increasi...