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The Stars of the Field is H&HN's second annual AHA awards issue. Hospitals that are making tremendous strides in improving quality of care, expanding outreach to their communities and caring for patients during their most vulnerable times are highlighted. Click 'view item' below to read…
This article highlights the success of a pilot project between Park Nicollet hospital, St. Louis Park, Minn., and the fire departments in that city. The fire departments help transition community members from hospital to home. 'When a 90-year-old woman was discharged recently from Methodist…
This article discusses opportunities for health care providers to leverage Affordable Care Act requirements to improve the health of their patient population and the greater community.
This article discusses the importance of a holistic approach to community development in order to promote community health. The authors present their ReFresh Project as an example of their work revitalizing New Orleans.
Board members have a critical role to play in setting the tone for meaningful quality improvement. Patient safety and ongoing quality improvement are top-of-mind priorities for all hospitals, but the pressure to improve quality and reduce costs has never been greater. As both public and private…
Many of the nation's hospitals and health systems have made progress laying the building blocks for creating robust clinical information technology systems. Now comes the heavy lifting as they look to connect the care continuum, protect patient records in an increasingly mobile world and turn…
Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the flagship publication of the AHA, has put together a webpage featuring all its coverage on HRET's Hospital Engagement Network. The webpage has videos, articles and blogs.
This article discusses how six organizations in Oakland, Calif., used a health impact assessment to assess how a new infrastructure project would effect community health.
Written by HRET staff member Cynthia Hedges Greising and AHA-NPSF Comprehensive Patient Safety Fellowship facilitor Shawn Foster, this article describes how past fellows are using the tools they learned during the year-long education program to improve patient safety in their facilities.
Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders were at a higher risk of potentially avoidable hospitalizations for certain uncontrolled comorbidities and incurred higher Medicare expenditures compared with matched controls without dementia. It appears to make the…