Process improvement methodology led to a 40 percent reduction in patient falls at Broward Health Imperial Point after just one year.

Staff at the University of Missouri Health System developed a tool to ensure medical school graduates understand patient-centered care strategies.

At University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC), one teen volunteer raised money to help vulnerable patients with their pain management

Howard University Hospital treats DC Metro accident victims after smoke emergency

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center developed a simple, replicable tool to help prevent fall injuries.

MetroHealth's team-based Wash-In, Wash-Out program boosts hand hygiene compliance among staff and reduces hospital-acquired infections.

Natividad Medical Center launched a program to ensure patients who speak indigenous languages receive the highest quality health care possible.

A recent National Quality Forum draft report discusses whether performance measures used in accountability applications, such as pay-for-performance or public reporting, should be adjusted for socioeconomic factors when determining results; share your comments.

Nutrition deficiency contributes to many serious health conditions, such as heart disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, and certain cancers. Studies also show a correlation to increasingly high health care costs and reduced productivity and chronic absence from work. Learn a phased approach to addressing these issues, with examples from several essential hospitals.

A Boston Medical Center pilot program successfully reduced audible alarms and improved patient safety across six weeks, leading the hospital to implement the strategy on all inpatient medical/surgical units.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's new director, Richard Kronick, PhD, has refocused the agency’s mission to emphasize producing evidence to make health care safer, more accessible, equitable, and affordable.

Hospitals should encourage physicians to use a certain dress code to reduce the risk of spreading hospital-acquired infections, according to new expert guidance.

A recent study published in the journal Healthcare identified a set of emotion words that had consistent meanings for patients, families, and health care workers.