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Preventing Patient Falls: Essentia Health
43,750: That's the number of fall injuries the CMS Partnership for Patients campaign estimates would be prevented over three years if hospitals cut preventable fall injuries by 50% in 2013.
Putting Quality and Patients First
During 2012, despite economic challenges, hospitals and health care systems throughout the United States delivered safe, effective, equitable and high-quality care and put patients first.
Seven Years of Zero Central-Line Associated Bloodstream Infections
Many hospitals feel they have adequately addressed the issue of bloodstream infection prevention if they mandate a conventional central-line bundle.
Quality Care for Refugees
Year after year, America's hospitals respond to meet pressing community health care needs.
Diabeticos Saludables
Imagine being hospitalized for a serious illness and being unable to communicate with nurses or doctors because you did not speak their language and could not read your own language.
Preventing Infections in Newborns
Central line-associated bloodstream infections cause serious illness and death.
Transforming a Culture for Safety and Quality
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 le
Leading Transformation
Today we need leaders who can help address the challenges and maximize the tremendous opportunities for transformation and innovation in the U.S. health care system.
Safety Huddles
Does your hospital huddle? Staff in the medical-surgical unit at Fairbanks (AK) Memorial Hospital is implementing huddles and other strategies to reduce falls among inpatients.