Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Since 1999, anticoagulant therapy was one of the top three causes of adverse events. A Six Sigma ...

Customer satisfaction performance is a hospital strategic goal. Marianjoy's inpatient satisfactio...

The quality assurance department developed a system for tracking quality indicators in every depa...

A pressure ulcer team was developed and Plan-Do-Study-Act practice was used to focus on process c...

With nearly half of all emergency departments operating at or above capacity and the majority of ...

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

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

The authors found little evidence that participation in the Premier HQID program led to lower 30-...

An Evidence-informed Case Rate is a budget for a comprehensive episode of medical care within a d...

This online executive dialogue explores CPOE implementation. Expert CIOs and CMIOs share their ex...

Transitioning to the new coding system is a mammoth undertaking, one that requires not just signi...

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

According to a recent Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society survey, 41 percent of...

Highland Hospital established its Rapid Response Team in late 2006 to provide a quick, multidisci...

The Brooklyn Hospital Center formed a multidisciplinary rapid response team in 2009 to respond to...

Appropriate treatment for pressure ulcers requires accurate initial evaluation and the ability to...

Brooks Memorial Hospital's radiology department identified a need to improve the transcription of...

With unique culture trends and stringent regulatory obligations, patient care units are often cha...

Continuum Health Partners'  pay-for performance program (P4P) is designed to partner with physici...

The Jacobi Medical Center Department of Radiology analyzed the 15.3 percent rise in annual comput...