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Patient engagement is paramount to reducing readmissions and improving quality of life. That's what is driving Beebe CAREs, launched in 2012 by Beebe Healthcare, based in Lewes, Del. Patients establish goals, framed not by a physiological measure but by a life event or activity: attending a child's…
Hear how MetroHealth of Cleveland, Ohio embraced and implemented the TeamSTEPPS program across their health system to improve patient safety culture.
Protecting workers from exposure to all types of respiratory hazards is an important issue for hospitals and other health care organizations. In order to address this often overlooked danger, the Joint Commission, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational…
This white paper provides valuable perspectives on how the accountable care movement has or will impact the hospital sector. This work was supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
This article highlights what hospitals are doing to improve access to behavioral health services. It includes case studies from: Montefiore Health System: Integrating psychiatry into primary care Atlantic Health System: Building a full continuum of behavioral health Behavioral Health Network of…
At hospitals, health care systems and state, regional and metropolitan hospital associations across the country, executives, clinicians and staff are leading successful initiatives to improve quality, patient safety, clinical integration, population health and much more. The Hospitals in Pursuit of…
This toolkit from OSHA is availalbe to the public and contains references, educational resources ,templates, sample forms and educational materials. It identifies existing public health guidance.