Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...

September 16th, 2016
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The organization used both discrete event and live simulation methodologies to ensure the smooth ...

September 16th, 2016
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The emergency department (ED) was experiencing an increase in door-to-doctor times due to high pa...

September 16th, 2016
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Boarding patients in the emergency department (ED) is detrimental to patient care, and evidence s...

September 16th, 2016
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The utilization review staff at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital examines medical records for inpati...

September 16th, 2016
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A local urology department partnered with the performance improvement department to identify oppo...

September 16th, 2016
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The clinic throughput time was viewed as excessive and lacked standardized best practices. A new ...

September 16th, 2016
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Surgery case cancellation rates OSF Center for Health were 10.5 percent over six months. This cre...

September 16th, 2016
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Outpatient registration at OSF Center for Health required patients to stand in line for extended ...

September 16th, 2016
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Every aspect of a patient’s experience of care is influenced by valuable and often underused reso...

September 12th, 2016
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A vigorous approach to quality improvement at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill., is ac...

August 1st, 2016
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Mercy, a large Catholic health care system, began its telehealth initiatives with an eICU program...

April 22nd, 2016
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In January 2015, Southern Illinois Healthcare, based in Carbondale, was awarded an 18-month USDA ...

April 22nd, 2016
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Funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Serv...

April 22nd, 2016
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When outpatients at Summa Health in Akron, Ohio, were frequently getting lost on their way to app...

April 11th, 2016
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This HPOE guide, a collaboration with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering, explores w...

March 31st, 2016
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State and regional hospital associations across the United States are recognizing hospitals and h...

March 21st, 2016
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At hospitals, health care systems and state, regional and metropolitan hospital associations acro...

February 22nd, 2016

Mission accomplished, but the work continues. At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in L...

December 14th, 2015

In this study, the research team sought to compare the performance of provider-sponsored health p...

December 4th, 2015
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