A systematic, repeatable approach was developed to monitor pneumonia patients 30 days following d...

September 16th, 2016
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According to published research data, the majority of cardiac stent patients have no additional r...

September 16th, 2016
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The goal of this project was to reduce the amount of global office visits by using Lean Six Sigma...

September 14th, 2015
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The goal was to reduce errors in failure to document stop time for IV infusions to zero. Along wi...

June 18th, 2015
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The goal was to reduce errors in failure to document stop time for IV infusions to zero. Along wi...

June 18th, 2015
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The all-cause, 30-day readmission rates for the hospital are higher than both the state and natio...

June 3rd, 2015
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Making incremental changes and collaborating with area hospitals and community organizations have...

October 20th, 2014
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This guide is a synopsis of a conversation held at the Association for Healthcare Resource & Mate...

December 17th, 2013
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Improving discharge can reap multiple benefits for patients and providers, including reducing rea...

May 1st, 2013
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Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...

March 12th, 2013
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Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...

March 6th, 2013
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One successful initiative can lead to another. A “nurse transitionist” program at Western Marylan...

November 26th, 2012
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A key objective of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's new reimbursement and payment...

November 19th, 2012
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Are the salaries of employed physicians sustainable? That depends on how health systems and physi...

October 25th, 2012
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On April 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  released a final regulation for the ne...

September 12th, 2012
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Safety-net hospitals have lower performance than non-SNHs on metrics of patient-reported experien...

July 1st, 2012
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Customer satisfaction performance is a hospital strategic goal. Marianjoy's inpatient satisfactio...

June 1st, 2012
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South Nassau Communities Hospital's goal for this initiative was to ensure rapid identification o...

February 1st, 2012
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St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester, division of Saint Joseph's Medical Center began this initiati...

February 1st, 2012
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CMS issued a final rule with comment period that updates payment policies and rates for physician...

November 1st, 2011
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