America’s Essential Hospitals Welcomes New Board Leadership
July 1, 2021 ||New leaders for America’s Essential Hospitals and its research, education, and dissemination arm, Essential Hospitals Institute, today began their roles.
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America’s Essential Hospitals, whose more than 300 members care for low-income and other marginalized people, today honored 13 member hospitals for outstanding work to improve health care quality and population health and to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19: Behavioral and Mental Health Needs
May 19, 2020 ||
Explore how essential hospitals are leveraging community-integrated strategies to meet amplified inpatient and outpatient mental and behavioral health needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Population Health: Housing as Health Care
July 27, 2018 ||
Discover how essential hospitals are providing housing as health care to patients and their local communities to reduce housing instability and improve health outcomes.
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RWJF Seeks Culture of Health Prize Applications
Sept. 12, 2017 ||The 2018 Culture of Health Prize will honor communities for innovative partnerships and collective initiatives to improve population health.
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Improving Care Transitions for Socially, Medically Complex Patients
July 29, 2015 ||Multidisciplinary teams at Truman Medical Centers developed two care transitions assessments and reduced hospital admissions, ED visits, costs.
view more »Top chefs put healthful spin on fast food as essential hospitals work to reduce food deserts in their communities
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Truman Medical Centers improved medication safety by changing their stocking practices, implementing evidence-based order sets, and using a patient-centered education strategy.
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Multifaceted Approach Leads to Lasting HAPU Gains
March 31, 2014 ||Using a step-by-step approach, Truman Medical Centers implemented a variety of interventions across 2012 that decreased the prevalence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers by 78 percent.
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Clinical Decision-Support Systems Effectively Prevent VTE
March 7, 2014 ||A Truman Medical Centers study examines clinical decision support systems’ impact on venous thromboembolism prevention.
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Process Redesign Leads to Lower CLABSI Incidence
Jan. 10, 2014 ||Truman Medical Centers reduced central line-associated blood stream infections in its intensive care units through an evidence-based strategy.
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Achieving Equity in Care in the Safety Net
June 25, 2013 ||Participants learned how to identify race, ethnicity, and language disparities in health care
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Reviewing Colorectal SSI Best Practices
April 16, 2013 ||Surgical site infection coding challenges and strategies to prevent colorectal SSIs
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Shattering Silos: Care Coordination Cuts Diabetes Readmissions
Aug. 31, 2012 ||Truman Medical Centers employed a strategy that integrated diabetes care across all inpatient and outpatient departments, designated physician champions, and used data to identify high-risk patients.
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