Websites
Websites with information for American Hospital Association members and the health care field.
Small or Rural Hospitals Update: Fall 2016 Edition
Small or Rural Hospitals Update (PDF Version)
Links to resources outside the American Hospital Association with guidance on managing MERS-CoV.
T4P/BREATHE is an inter-professional project created in response to improving patient outcomes and preventing HAI and readmissions. Our goal is to eliminate pneumonia in our post-operative patients.
This health care system's unique post-acute care (PAC) continuum of Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, Long Term Acute Care Hospitals, Skilled Nursing Facilities and a Home Health Agency created and implemented a strategy deploying a portfolio of tactics which resulted in significant,…
Catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) account for 30-40 percent of the organization's hospital acquired infections each year. In January 2015, a multidisciplinary CAUTI Prevention Team' was formed comprised of nurses, physicians, infection control, nursing informatics, and…
Approximately 28 percent of the hospital's patients with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days compared to the national average of 24.7 percent. Homeward Bound, a grant-initiated program administered through the CHF Team and the Hospital's School of…
MOU—Mobile Observation Unit—provides home-based urgent care for patients experiencing at-risk medical events believed to be treatable at home with enhanced care. It is a high-quality alternative to emergency services and hospitalization for patients in the Greater Boston area who would…
Dedicated to eliminating catheter-associated urinary tract infections, North Shore Medical Center in Boston focused on this goal by using Toyota Production System methods. Through a series of multiday improvement events driven by front-line staff, the hospital was able to improve process measures…
At Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, the pediatric intensive care unit has been implementing practices to eliminate central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI): standardizing a central line infection prevention checklist; stocking a central line insertion cart with required…
With the national focus on decreasing hospital-acquired infections, Massachusetts General Hospital determined that a focused approach to decrease catheter-associated urinary tract infections—the most prevalent of all HAIs—was vital. A thorough literature review was conducted to identify…