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In order to develop a durable systemic change, one Keene, N.H., program is making the healthy choice the easy choice. Turn a New Leaf, part of Healthy Monadnock 2020 and in cooperation with Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth Hitchcock-Keene, provides organizations with the tools, technical…
AHA to Sen. Klobuchar Expressing Support for the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act ( S. 1189)
What does it take to be a winner? Children's Hospital Colorado received the 2015 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize for its work toward achieving the six Institute of Medicine aims for quality care: safe, effective, patient centered, timely, efficient and equitable. Patient safety…
As hospitals expand their focus on providing equitable care, attention on those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) is critically important. Dr. Makadon, director of the National LGBTI Health Education Center at The Fenway Institute at Fenway Health, works with…
Teamwork champions on a diverse change team: These were key as The MetroHealth System in Cleveland enhanced its patient safety culture and engaged and empowered staff using TeamSTEPPS®—Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety. The 700-bed public health care…
Apps and iPads are tools of choice for improving the health of Pennsylvania schoolchildren. Lehigh Valley Health Network, in Allentown, Penn., collaborated with the Allentown and Bethlehem school districts, a local business coalition and three other health organizations—all part of the…
This year's winners of Health Care's Most Wired Survey are employing information technology to help they achieve the Triple Aim of health care. These hosptials ensure their application of HIT is driving value, connecting patients and physicians and even moving outside of the hospital…