The answer is: attracting, retaining and developing the best workforce. The question: What is one...

September 19th, 2011
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Overcoming transition challenges requires tenacity and teamwork. During a time of transition befo...

September 12th, 2011
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Efficient bed placement for patients can mean fewer discharge delays, decreased length of stay an...

August 8th, 2011
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Statistics fans, check out these numbers: Staff at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) has...

August 1st, 2011
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Responding to an explosive growth in patient population, Yale-New Haven Hospital implemented a su...

July 25th, 2011
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Electronic health records may create less paperwork, but documentation can still be time-consumin...

June 20th, 2011
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An integrated approach to project design drove breakthrough improvement in operating results at S...

June 13th, 2011
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Labor and delivery departments are busy places. At New York-Presbyterian, providing appropriate b...

May 9th, 2011
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Rethinking a registration process kept its meds system in compliance. St. James Hospital and Heal...

April 25th, 2011
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"Navigating the rising tide of HACs" is what Baystate Medical Center (BMC) calls this project. A ...

April 18th, 2011
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Timely access to health care is important for everyone, particularly our nation's veterans. From ...

March 14th, 2011
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A focus on wellness to provide better health and better health care is part of the AHA's Health F...

February 21st, 2011
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The journey from good to great for Good Samaritan Hospital of Baltimore started with differentiat...

January 10th, 2011
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At the 7th Biennial Joanna Briggs International Colloquium in Chicago this fall, Kathi Patterson,...

December 20th, 2010
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While many health care-acquired infections are transmitted by personal contact due to poor hand h...

December 6th, 2010
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Rarely does an orthopedic physician discuss information workflow with an ER doc, but at Regions H...

November 29th, 2010
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When an employee found directions in her hospital?s emergency department?with directions to other...

October 18th, 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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After reading many success stories about hospitals streamlining and improving patient flow in the...

October 4th, 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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