Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Changing demographics continue to fuel the growth of cultural diversity in Northeast Ohio. In tur...

This report summarizes the results of that survey, which indicated that overall influenza vaccina...

Efficient bed placement for patients can mean fewer discharge delays, decreased length of stay an...

The guide is a resource for those interested or already engaged in quality improvement initiative...

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

Hospitals across the region are seeing more people with different languages, cultural sensitiviti...

Poor planning. High costs. These issues helped prompt Saint Joseph-London in London, Ky., to impr...

The Joint Commission's 2011 National Patient Safety Goals.

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

Health care professionals and patients all agree that wrong site surgery is a serious and prevent...

Transplant recipients are fragile patients, at high risk for infections and fluid and electrolyte...

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

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...

This study examined SSDI applications between 2005 and 2006, focusing on a "natural experiment" t...

This report discussses the Center for Disease Control's involvement with Prevention Research Cent...

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

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...