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

December 1st, 2010
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This multi-case study describes how eight hospitals used Lean Six Sigma to examine and improve wo...

November 1st, 2010
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Quality improvement and transparency go hand in hand, David Ballard, M.D., senior vice president ...

October 11th, 2010
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Joseph Betancourt, M.D., director of multicultural education for Massachusetts General Hospital i...

September 20th, 2010
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The article discusses how the Beacon community program has leveraged health information technolog...

September 1st, 2010
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Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed ...

August 16th, 2010
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Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital has used everything from screen saver reminders to notes from th...

August 9th, 2010
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This guide communicates the idea that workforce and human resource practices can positively impac...

June 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 Wait times in the hospital's inpatient rehabilitation center were unacceptable; some ...

September 1st, 2009
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The content of this best-practices guide, and the process by which it was assembled, are emblemat...

August 1st, 2009
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The ProblemAlthough Fairfield Medical Center had a fairly low rate of pressure ulcers, officials ...

August 1st, 2009
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The ProblemFlowers wanted to improve its performance on the 28 quality measures that are featured...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Good Samaritan's LWBS rate (2.1 percent) is close to the national average (2.0 perce...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Medication errors are among the most common medical errors, harming at least 1.5 mil...

August 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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