Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

On May 7, 2017, I swore an oath to become the 118th chairman of the American Hospital Association...

This weekend kicks off a not-to-be-missed event for hospital and health system leaders: the AHA’s...

Nurses have always been on the front lines at hospitals providing quality, compassionate care for...

I have been so proud to see America’s hospitals and health systems speak so passionately on behal...

There is a critical need to elevate the discussion around workforce planning and development to e...

Like many hospitals, SBH Health System uses the computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system. ...

Hospitals are helping students with disabilities transition from school to the workplace. Mat-Su ...

Bronchiolitis, one of the most costly and frequent medical diagnoses seen at the hospital, is a s...

This health system's employee influenza vaccination policy compliance rate was less than 70 perce...

Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...

The goal was to reduce delay in patient care by decreasing patient wait times for a CT exam from ...

Operational and physician leaders identified an opportunity to decrease the use of off-site telem...

This project has decreased cycle time for medication reconciliation at time of admission and for ...

Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...

The organization used both discrete event and live simulation methodologies to ensure the smooth ...

The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...

Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...

A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...

The clinic throughput time was viewed as excessive and lacked standardized best practices. A new ...

Surgery case cancellation rates OSF Center for Health were 10.5 percent over six months. This cre...

Every aspect of a patient’s experience of care is influenced by valuable and often underused reso...

Mercy, a large Catholic health care system, began its telehealth initiatives with an eICU program...

In January 2015, Southern Illinois Healthcare, based in Carbondale, was awarded an 18-month USDA ...

Funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Serv...

When outpatients at Summa Health in Akron, Ohio, were frequently getting lost on their way to app...

This HPOE guide, a collaboration with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering, explores w...

In this study, the research team sought to compare the performance of provider-sponsored health p...

This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...

Parental satisfaction with pediatric emergency department visits has been argued to be best predi...

After learning of the "90 minute" standard of care for providing definitive treatment for cardiac...

National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

This blog post is from H&HN, the journal of the American Hospital Association and was written by ...

The AHA and the American Medical Association collaborated on this paper to present both physician...

Human resources and the nursing leadership team worked together using a PDCA for rapid cycle impr...

Teams of individuals who communicate effectively dramatically reduce the consequences of human er...

Sylvia Getman, president and CEO of the Aroostook Medical Center and senior vice president of Eas...

Ascension Health created a business unit called Transformational Development. It is charged with ...

Recognizing the need to integrate physicians and other providers into its quality improvement pro...

The transformation of health care is occurring at a rapid pace causing an increase in the need to...

Sharing best practices and facilitating peer-to-peer learning were core elements of the AHA/HRET ...

Baxter Regional Medical Center, a 268-bed facility in Mountain Home, Arkansas, used best practice...

Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, a 237-bed facility in Orlando, Florida, used best practices and peer-to...

Garfield Medical Center, a 210-bed facility in Monterey, California, used best practices and peer...

Lexington Regional Health Center, a 25-bed facility in Lexington, Nebraska, used best practices a...

Los Alamitos Medical Center, a 167-bed facility in Los Alamitos, California, used best practices ...

Midstate Medical Center, a 134-bed facility in Meriden, Connecticut, committed to reducing harm a...

Ponca City Medical Center, a 140-bed facility in Ponca City, Oklahoma, used HEN best practices an...

Sanford Mayville Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Mayville, North Dakota, use...

St. Catherine Hospital, a 189-bed facility in East Chicago, Indiana, used best practices and peer...

Yuma Regional Medical Center, a 406-bed facility in Yuma, Arizona, used best practices and peer-t...

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

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...

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...

Managing population health, financial planning for value-based care and payment, and leading impr...

The patient experience as measured by patient satisfaction scores is an organizational goal. In t...

Hospitals and health care systems can support their missions and also many additional benefits by...

Moving from a volume-based payment model to a value-based payment model requires a new set of man...

There is a need for greater understanding of the factors that lead to improved process quality an...

The health care field leaves a large environmental footprint, but hospitals and health care syste...

Hospitals and health care systems are faced with unprecedented challenges and opportunities as th...

The April issue of Health Services Research journal is now available. Covering topics in variati...

A special issue of Health Services Research on “Health Information Technology” is now available. ...

Four generations are working side by side in hospitals and care systems today. Atlantic Health Sy...

The Missouri Hospital Association issued the Standardized, Plain Language Emergency Codes Impleme...

Generational differences—one factor of diversity—are changing workforce dynamics. Traditionalists...

Never underestimate the power of data. Hannibal (Mo.) Regional Hospital focused on collecting and...

Learn from the best of the best. The 2013 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® recipients will s...

This report discusses the importance of health in all policies, an approach to improving health b...

Southeastern Health, Lumberton, N.C. 452 beds 16,000 impatient admissions 76,000 emergency d...

St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, Conn. 396 licensed beds Full-service teaching hospi...

Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

This annual survey of employers provides a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health c...

Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

This articles explores how HealthPartners decided to target nonclinical determinants of populatio...

New Ulm Medical CenterNew Ulm, MN45 Beds The Problem New Ulm Medical Center, a critical access h...

Wrangell Medical CenterWrangell, AK22 Beds The Problem Wrangell Medical Center is located in Wra...

In 2008, Ellis Hospital launched a medical home at its Ellis Health Center campus. This initiativ...

Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital and Northern Counties Health Care, Inc.,  have had a long-...

Concord (N.H.) Hospital • 230-bed regional medical center • 17,194 admissions • 295 medical staff...

Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Jackson, Miss.– 633 beds– 3,000-plus employees In 1997, Miss...

Think of all the instruments, equipment and furniture in a hospital operating room. Any of these ...

Emergency department overcrowding has created patient throughput challenges with 2012 volume alre...

Preoperative/procedure testing for surgical, cardiac catheterization and scheduled C-section pati...

The University of Michigan Health System used lean management and the plan-do-check-act cycle to ...

According to the Pew research center,  74 percent of all adults in the United States use the Inte...

The University of Connecticut's community-based education program collaborated with community par...

After acknowledging that medication errors were on the rise, the facility implemented computerize...

Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...

This webinar provided an understanding of how scientific operations management and IHO Variabilit...

The goal was to improve turnaround times of troponin and EKGs within the cardiac patient populati...

Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA229 Beds Cambridge Health Alliance is an integrated health...

Georgia Health Sciences Health Augusta, GA632 Beds Georgia Health Sciences Health System consist...

Saint Elizabeth’s Medical CenterWabasha, MN25 Beds Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center, part of Min...

Howard University HospitalWashington, DC266 Beds Howard University Hospital is a private, nonpro...

In 2012 the AHA Committee on Research focused on actively engaging health care users to improve o...

In 2008 Don Berwick, Tom Nolan, and John Whittington first described the triple aim of simultaneo...

What a difference three years of focusing on performance improvement can make! In 2009, metrics a...

A central goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is to significantly reduce the n...