Managing the flow of patient throughput is essential to preventing overcrowding in the emergency ...

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National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry guidelines for biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome an...

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Data from the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey indicated the need to improve mechanisms for incident ca...

May 29th, 2015
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Protecting workers from exposure to all types of respiratory hazards is an important issue for ho...

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This toolkit from OSHA is availalbe to the public and contains references, educational resources ...

May 8th, 2015
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Cybersecurity vulnerabilities and intrusions pose risks for every hospital and its reputation. Wh...

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With the rise in higher-deductible health plans and coinsurance, Americans are paying an increasi...

August 15th, 2014
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The patient experience as measured by patient satisfaction scores is an organizational goal. In t...

July 11th, 2014
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Hospitals pursuing environmental sustainability are not only contributing to healthier communitie...

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This guide explains why hospital leaders should explore sustainability strategies for their organ...

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The health care industry is shifting from volume- to value-based payment and care delivery models...

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Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

August 27th, 2013
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Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

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An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

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Following a high rate of central line-associated blood stream infections in the fourth quarter of...

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This webinar provided an understanding of how scientific operations management and IHO Variabilit...

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Joint ventures between investor-owned and nonprofit health care organizations are not new; in fac...

November 8th, 2012
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This article explores eight of the most challenging and interesting issues that hospital leaders ...

November 7th, 2012
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Background In October 2008, CMS discontinued additional payments for certain hospital-acquired c...

October 11th, 2012
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Today's hospital leaders are in need of products and services to help them meet growing efficienc...

October 10th, 2012
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Hospitals are on a never-ending journey of quality improvement—employing new technologies and tec...

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On April 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  released a final regulation for the ne...

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A recent study of 39 children's hospitals revealed 16 organizations have antimicrobial stewardshi...

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Safety-net hospitals have lower performance than non-SNHs on metrics of patient-reported experien...

July 1st, 2012
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After experiencing an increase in CLABSI, the vascular access team and infection prevention and c...

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An annual list of the top 100 hospitals in the United States.

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As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced...

April 5th, 2012
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As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced...

March 1st, 2012
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Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Healthcare Center created the hospital point of dispensing (HPOD) t...

February 1st, 2012
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St. Joseph's Hospital of Elmira implemented a comprehensive antibiotic usage program beginning Ma...

February 1st, 2012
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Overcrowding and bottlenecks with patient flow plague hospitals and emergency rooms across the co...

February 1st, 2012
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Oregon's community hospitals are committed to working together to produce high-quality patient ca...

November 1st, 2011
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Emergency department admitted patients used to wait an average of 24 hours for an inpatient bed a...

October 9th, 2011
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This P2P Series presents case studies of hospitals improving their environments to better support...

October 1st, 2011
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While many hospital and health systems have already implemented evidence-based medicine and proce...

September 22nd, 2011
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This guide was created to share best practices and key lessons from innovative organizations on a...

April 1st, 2011
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Given economic and industry trends related to the worldwide financial markets, the nation's econo...

December 1st, 2010
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Due to the size and breadth of their organizations, multi-hospital health system leaders have a s...

March 1st, 2010
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The Problem Inefficiencies in the fast track at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital have long b...

October 8th, 2009
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The Problem Like many hospitals, Westmoreland struggled with significant ED crowding and patient...

October 8th, 2009
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Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine shocked the health care field and the general public wit...

October 1st, 2009
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The Problem Emergency departments across the nation are being stretched as more Americans rely o...

September 1st, 2009
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The Problem St. Francis struggled getting non-emergent patients from the door to an ED bed in a ...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem According to the American Heart Association, heart failure affects about 5.7 million...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem Like many urban safety net hospitals, Hahnemann University Hospital struggled with o...

July 1st, 2009
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