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Hospitals and health systems recognized for excellence in health care equity are sharing their wo...
A focus on wellness to provide better health and better health care is part of the AHA's Health F...
At the 7th Biennial Joanna Briggs International Colloquium in Chicago, Nancy Donaldson, R.N., dir...
One measure in one area in one month: 1-1-1. That's the call-to-action plan employed by Parrish M...
The journey from good to great for Good Samaritan Hospital of Baltimore started with differentiat...
The US Department of Veterans Affairs comprehensive Clinical Practice program brings together VA ...
At the 7th Biennial Joanna Briggs International Colloquium in Chicago this fall, Kathi Patterson,...
When Olean (NY) General Hospital decided to improve medication management by using technology, it...
While many health care-acquired infections are transmitted by personal contact due to poor hand h...
Rarely does an orthopedic physician discuss information workflow with an ER doc, but at Regions H...
Making cleanliness everyone's responsibility was part of an infection control and patient safety ...
At the AHA/Health Forum Leadership Summit in July, David Pryor, M.D., chief medical officer for S...
When an employee found directions in her hospital?s emergency department?with directions to other...
Quality improvement and transparency go hand in hand, David Ballard, M.D., senior vice president ...
After reading many success stories about hospitals streamlining and improving patient flow in the...
Joseph Betancourt, M.D., director of multicultural education for Massachusetts General Hospital i...
Alegent Health, a 10-hospital system based in Nebraska and Southwestern Iowa, wanted an electroni...
The medical standard for timely angioplasty was 90 minutes door to balloon. The average for Lehi...
The medical standard for timely angioplasty was 90 minutes door to balloon. The average for Lehi...
Senior leaders at Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, knew the system's community-acq...
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed i...
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed ...
Abington Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from the chie...
Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from th...
When Poudre Valley Health System, based in Fort Collins, Colo., started using bedside medication ...
A wrong-site surgery on a toe was the catalyst for a comprehensive new surgical time-out initiati...
Seamless, effective patient handoffs are a critical piece of any hospital?s patient safety framew...
For many hospitals, the road to improved quality often begins with transparency, where unexpected...
As hospitals and health systems adjust to a new health care environment, quality performance and ...
Moving from a paper world to an electronic one is an "evolution," says Marcy Stoots, RN, director...
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, Kirkland, Wash., implemented best practices in patient flow bu...
For expectant mothers at risk for childbirth complications, the OB assist team at Abington (Pa.) ...
Texas Health Resources, a 14-hospital system based in Arlington, wanted to not only reduce ventil...
For executive leaders at Catholic Healthcare Partners, Cincinnati, patient safety is an issue to ...
ED bottlenecks are common problems in hospitals causing excessive wait times, decreasing patient ...
Reducing preventable harm by half is a lofty goal for any hospital, let alone a large, integrated...
Reducing preventable harm by half is a lofty goal for any hospital, let alone a large, integrated...
When Katherine Herrmann, the clinical quality facilitator at Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, w...
When the Infection Prevention and Control Department of Medical Center of McKinney in McKinney, T...
At Columbia St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee, discharge planning truly begins at admission. Care te...
As the automobile industry in Flint, Mich., has declined, area residents have faced significant s...
Reducing patient readmissions is both a critical patient safety need and a growing financial conc...
When the H1N1 flu virus emerged in the spring of 2009, U.S. hospitals were challenged by crowded ...
"There are two jobs at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare, Utica, N.Y. "taking care of patients directl...
The 3,500 employees of Eastern (Bangor) Maine Medical Center are role models for other employees ...
Even best practices need fine-tuning. When the critical care team at Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, ...
After attending a 2005 conference on trauma-informed care, two nurses at Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospi...
Aesop?s fable "The Bundle of Sticks" teaches a lesson in working together: "Union gives strength....
Extending services beyond the hospital walls to its most vulnerable patients?that is the goal of ...
When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...
When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...