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Featured All AHA webinars are free of charge but require advance registration. AHA does not offer continui...
Electronic health records may create less paperwork, but documentation can still be time-consumin...
An integrated approach to project design drove breakthrough improvement in operating results at S...
Rethinking a registration process kept its meds system in compliance. St. James Hospital and Heal...
"Navigating the rising tide of HACs" is what Baystate Medical Center (BMC) calls this project. A ...
At the 7th Biennial Joanna Briggs International Colloquium in Chicago this fall, Kathi Patterson,...
This multi-case study describes how eight hospitals used Lean Six Sigma to examine and improve wo...
When an employee found directions in her hospital?s emergency department?with directions to other...
Quality improvement and transparency go hand in hand, David Ballard, M.D., senior vice president ...
After reading many success stories about hospitals streamlining and improving patient flow in the...
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, wanted to transform its organization and in turn, transformed ...
The Problem Administrative burdens and inefficient processes left nurses spending just one-third...
When the Infection Prevention and Control Department of Medical Center of McKinney in McKinney, T...
When the H1N1 flu virus emerged in the spring of 2009, U.S. hospitals were challenged by crowded ...
Due to the size and breadth of their organizations, multi-hospital health system leaders have a s...
When change proves challenging, involving everyone in the process can be key. Advocate Good Sheph...
The Problem The average ED length of stay was 413 minutes (6 hours, 53 minutes). Fourteen percen...
The Problem ThedaCare selected its radiation oncology (rad-onc) department to kick off a systemw...
Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine shocked the health care field and the general public wit...
The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...
The Problem A new 192-room patient bed tower was constructed and designed with a new decentraliz...
