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Eliminating hospital-acquired infections, preventing patient falls, reducing preventable readmissions, reducing community asthma rates—these are just a few of the many improvement efforts that hospital and health care system leaders are tackling. A Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence guide…
The American Hospital Association (AHA) today awarded the Carolyn Boone Lewis Living the Vision award to Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene in Keene, N.H., for its work to improve the health of its community through actions that go beyond traditional hospital care.
Mounting Pressure for America's Hospitals
Every October pink appears on everything from ribbons to football helmets and even illuminates the White House to raise awareness about breast cancer. Every day hospitals and health care systems conduct screenings and provide quality care for women (and men) diagnosed with the disease. St. Vincent…
This article discusses how using health adjusted life expectacy could bridge the gap between clinical medicine, public health and population health.
This toolkit helps community groups assess and develop action plans to create sustainable, community-based improvements that address the root causes of chronic diseases.
As health care leaders implement diverse improvement projects, from reducing hospital-acquired infections to reducing obesity prevalence, they must identify the appropriate strategies for success across many different settings.
This webinar, in collaboration with the Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, discussed how measuring patient-reported outcomes is an essential component of quality assessment, yet patient-experience surveys often under represent racial, ethnic and linguistic minorities.
Teamwork between infection control and environmental services professionals at Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington, NJ, has helped reduce infections at the 178-bed hospital. 'Constant education' is one key, so health care workers understand the importance of thorough cleaning and disinfecting as…