Keys to success: pinpointing what works to improve hospital care.

Abstract

In the quest to achieve better care, hospitals need to consider several factors that can mean the difference between success and failure. In a new report from the Commonwealth Fund, researchers sought to underscore these "ingredients for success" by studying what they considered four high-performing hospitals across the country: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston; El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, CA; Mission Hospitals in Asheville, NC; and Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pittsburgh.