Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital's quality management team, led by the outcomes manager, part...

Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

The Joint Academy is a multidisciplinary team approach that begins in the community with orthoped...

Since The Joint Commission implemented the National Patient Safety Goal, "Reduction of the Likeli...

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

The Brooklyn Hospital Center formed a multidisciplinary rapid response team in 2009 to respond to...

Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress highlighted the financial enormity of t...

The goal of this performance improvement initiative was to improve patient safety and control hea...

Failure or delays in filling prescriptions at the time of hospital discharge contributes to poor ...

Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...

With unique culture trends and stringent regulatory obligations, patient care units are often cha...

The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...

Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of patient harm and malpractice lawsuits ...

Effective teamwork and communication techniques can improve quality and safety, decrease patient ...

Flash sterilization the rapid sterilization of items using steam occurs in many operating rooms i...

Although electronic reporting systems for near misses and adverse events have been implemented na...

In the winter of 2010, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital initiated its first Comprehensive Unit-Bas...

Olean General Hospital is one of only a few community hospitals in the nation to offer a center o...

This journey began when St. Francis Hospital gave fruit cocktail to a patient with a severe aller...

This project was initiated by David Lyons, Director of Respiratory Therapy at St. Francis Hospita...

St. Mary's Healthcare has an obligation to protect patients from harm and preventing adverse effe...

Performing well with the core measures has become increasingly important and challenging for heal...

The fall intervention program identified areas needing improvement including a lack of multidisci...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection remains the most common health care-acquired infectio...

In the fourth quarter of 2009, Lutheran Medical Center conducted a pilot study on three medical/s...

Rochester General Hospital's infection prevention team partnered with the surgical intensive care...

A temporary reduction in pharmacy hours at Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic contributed to med...

Improving patient flow throughout the Bon Secours Charity Health System is critical to patient sa...

The goal of this initiative was to improve patient flow, outcomes, and experience, as well as com...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' inpatient quality reporting program includes appr...

In 2010, Southampton Hospital discovered that its process for checking and maintaining equipment/...

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

Medication, in addition to other treatment options, is an integral part of the care provided to l...

North Bronx Healthcare Network devised a process to analyze its departmental risk management data...

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

Over the past eight years, an interdisciplinary team at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital prioritized...