Rural
By focusing on preventive care and health promotion, hospitals are catalyzing change in their communities. Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle is one such example. The 36-bed hospital, part of Texas Health Resources, determined that a large number of its patients' emergency room visits were…
Change can be uncomfortable. But no matter how sophisticated, hospitals and health care systems need to progress—to redefine, change and be relevant. Hospital teams are working to find better ways to provide high-quality care at lower costs to improve the health of people in their communities…
A Rural Hospital's Push to Move Patient Satisfaction From Better to Best in the Emergency Department
The patient experience as measured by patient satisfaction scores is an organizational goal. In the emergency department, staff was challenged to move patient satisfaction scores from the 70th to the 90th percentile rank.
What is it?For the last 16 years, North Mississippi Medical Center (NMMC) has hosted the annual Live Well Health Fair. During this event, NMMC and other community organizations partner to offer free seasonal flu shots and free health screenings for anxiety, blood pressure, glaucoma, depression,…
Learn from the best of the best. The 2013 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize® recipients will share their quality improvement stories during a two-part Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence webinar series. These hospitals and care systems have committed in a systematic manner to achieving the…
Everyone is talking “population health management,” and many health care organizations are successfully defining it. Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, a rural health care system headquartered in Wyoming's capital, helped establish the Cheyenne Health and Wellness Center in 2005. CHWC…
Being accessible only by airplane or boat adds to the scenic character of Wrangell, Alaska (population 2,300), but it also creates challenges for health care delivery. Wrangell Medical Center, the only hospital in the community and one of its largest employers, includes an eight-bed acute unit and…
Direct Supervision of Hospital Outpatient Therapeutic Services CAH Perspective and Concerns
Yuma District Hospital is a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) that offers acute care, emergency services, and rural health clinics. Learn more now.