Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

In 1996, as the growth in managed care increased the role for general internists and primary care...

Hospitals are on a never-ending journey of quality improvement—employing new technologies and tec...

This chartpack offers a snapshot of some common strategies used to improve the quality of care th...

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are forming in communities across the country. In ACOs, hea...

This guide provides hospital leaders with a snapshot of hospitals' current readiness to participa...

To meet patient needs in the current market, hospitals have traditionally focused their efforts o...

As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced...

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

The inaugural report of the AHA Committee on Performance Improvement details “Hospitals and Care ...

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

This guide was created to share best practices and key lessons from innovative organizations on a...

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

Why Is Focusing On Preventable Mortality Important?Hospital leaders work hard every day to provid...

Given economic and industry trends related to the worldwide financial markets, the nation's econo...

This multi-case study describes how eight hospitals used Lean Six Sigma to examine and improve wo...

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

Due to the size and breadth of their organizations, multi-hospital health system leaders have a s...

Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine shocked the health care field and the general public wit...