Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

This guide provides techniques, case studies and guiding principles from various fields of expert...

Achieving health care equity and eliminating health care disparities are a top goal of hospitals ...

Until recently, Stony Brook University Medical Center's approach to core measure data consisted o...

At Mountainside Residential Care Center's resident council, residents requested an improved dinin...

Evidence-based practice is an essential requirement of professional health care providers. Rural ...

In 2009, North Central Bronx Hospital analyzed data from its diabetes registry to identify opport...

The Brooklyn Hospital Center Family Medicine Department made a commitment to improve the quality ...

Baylor Health Care SystemDallas, TX3,653 Beds The Problem The Baylor Health Care System Office o...

Adventist HealthCareRockville, Maryland1,045 Beds The Problem Adventist HealthCare created the C...

Barnes-Jewish HospitalSt. Louis, MO1,305 Beds The Problem Barnes-Jewish Hospital created the Cen...

The hospital partnered with the Wyoming Department of Health to work to eliminate health disparit...

Compassionate Care is a nationally recognized case management program through which Aetna's Medic...

Saving lives and promoting community health certainly are commendable undertakings. To fully real...

Market forces are driving renewed interest in integration that may result in changes in the owner...

This toolkit provides a comprehensive approach to the collection of race, ethnicity and primary l...

New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, NY2,264 Beds The Problem New York-Presbyterian Hospital’...

Johns Hopkins Health SystemBaltimore, MD912 Beds  The Problem Hopkins ElderPlus is the Programs ...

Wishard Health ServicesIndianapolis, IN293 Beds  The Problem Geriatric Resources for Assessment ...

Commonwealth Care Alliance Boston, MA The Problem Commonwealth Care Alliance, which functions bo...

Montefiore Medical CenterBronx, NY1,418 Beds The Problem Montefiore Medical Center is a large, a...

This article discusses the imperitive to invest in community development as a means to improve po...

This article discusses the socioeconomic factors necessary for health in a community. The author ...

This report discusses the necessity of health information technology to effectively and systemati...

This report discusses the strenghts of community disease prevention offers and presents a framewo...

The closed-door discussion focused on the best practices of organizations that have won or were f...

Ten existential questions will make the difference between limping into the future and soaring to...

As the largest segment of the health care workforce, with more than 3 million professionals, nurs...

An international survey of adults living with health problems and complex care needs found that p...

A Pittsburgh-based wellness program enlists entire communities to promote wellness for children.

The IOM's Roundtable on Health Literacy brings together leaders from the federal government, foun...

This policy paper examines the latest developments in accountable care organizations (ACOs), incl...

This annual webinar highlights thhe 2011 AHA-McKesson  Quest forQuality winners and finalists. 20...

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

Steve Riney, Chief Information Officer at Methodist Medical Center of Illinois in Peoria, talks t...

How do you measure success in creating a culture of health? Mountain View Hospital, a 25-bed crit...

In the United States, there has been a growing health care divide between vulnerable populations ...

The Leapfrog Group, a consortium of public and private employers who purchase health care for mor...

The business adage "what gets measured gets managed" applies in health care. Two projects focus o...

In this article, the author argues that health equity is best achieved by securing access to high...

This article proposes an examination of health disparities through the lens of public health to p...

This article describes the development of the regional health collaborative, a population-based h...

This brief, based on site visits from Nov. 2009 through March 2010, highlights care coordination ...

The rate of "mortality amenable to health care" that is--deaths that are considered preventable w...

This website gives history and information to patients, providers, payers of western New York sta...

The latest Alliance issue brief reports on how collaboratives are working at the local level to i...

This article discusses the evidence base behind population health management and explores the fut...

As America's hospitals and health systems are transforming care, hospitals are facing challenges ...

Throughout the United States, allied hospital associations—state, regional and metropolitan—are w...

The report provides a scientific base and practical guidance fo rengaging public health professio...

Racial and socioeconomic inequity persists in health care quality. An exploratory interview with ...

The report provides: Background on health and wellness programs and how they are incentivized ...

This article presents four case studies of effective community and academic partnership that impr...

This report discusses the process of conducting a Health Impact Assessment and proposes a busines...

After defining patient-centered medical homes, this report discusses particular opportunities and...

This compendium of guides, reports, and toolkits provides a wealth of actionable resources to hel...

A key ingredient for success under health care reform will be the ability to utilize health infor...

The report focuses on the overall concept of ACOs. And also provides special focus on the specifi...

This guide communicates the idea that workforce and human resource practices can positively impac...

When Katherine Herrmann, the clinical quality facilitator at Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, w...

This article addresses health care innovations that can help improve population and meet future h...

The guide is designed to serve as a quick, simple resource by outlining four steps: Examine yo...

The Problem Incorrect patient identification through the registration process increases the pote...

From October 2009 to February 2011, MR CHAMMP sponsored 67 programs which were provided to the co...

Mercy has participated in developing a network of health care providers and community agencies to...

The Lourdes Center for Public Health works collaboratively with academic and community partners t...

In the Pink is a program of Saint Michael's Medical Center and the program provides outreach, edu...

St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Conn., has taken a lead role in creating the Hope Dis...

St. Joseph Community Health  in Albuquerque, New Mexico, wants to make sure that all children hav...

Holy Cross Hospital Health Centers are primary care medical centers that provide affordable servi...

The Healthy Start/Healthy Families program primary goal is preventing chronic health problems in ...

The program's goal is to help participants obtain knowledge about their health care options and t...

Migrant Health Promotion strives to improve the ability of migrant farm worker families to live h...

These programs take health education, information and related services directly to community memb...

Infant mortality remains a major concern in Milwaukee. The "Baby Safe Sleep" program , which is f...

The concept of an Ambulatory Intensive Care Unit (A-ICU) developed because in most companies a sm...

Four "value health opportunities" have been developed for three major Minneapolis employer group...

This article discusses strategies to maximize improvement in overall population health and sugges...

This article argues that policy actions must focus on income security, education, housing, food s...

This article discusses definitions of population health and how various models of can operational...

This article traces the historical progression of the population health approach as part of healt...

This article proposes a definition of population health and differentiates the concept from publi...