1. Ask every department to participate in promoting efficiency. Patient flow can be disrupted when separate departments and providers do not talk about the hold-ups in each area, Dr. Noonan says. “You ...

One of the overall goals of healthcare reform is to move from a fragmented healthcare system to an integrated model that provides services more efficiently and at less cost. Within hospitals, this ...

Traditionally, health systems have operated and behaved as unified entities in name only, with different hospitals and facilities within the same system working off of their own sets of key ...

Carilion Clinic has managed its stretched hospital bed capacity with a command center and post-acute referral hub. Carilion Clinic has mastered the intricacies of operating a command center and ...

The Orthopaedic Joint Reconstruction Program at 250-bed Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park, Ill., achieved an outstanding score in the 99th percentile range in the first quarter of 2009 on CMS ...

Penn Medicine’s Nudge Unit is launching several new pilot projects as a part of its approach to improving patient care. Credit: Mehak Dhaliwal The Penn Medicine Nudge Unit — a behavioral design team ...

Healthcare forms the backbone of any thriving society. It ensures that people not only survive but live with dignity, safety, and access to essential support when they need it most. While doctors, ...

Meet three members in the first class of the School of Nursing's BSN to DNP program cohort, all from very different backgrounds, who share why they are pursuing a DNP and what they hope to accomplish ...

Medical professionals don’t pursue careers in healthcare out of a love of data entry, but it’s an inescapable daily reality for most, taking time away from focused care and consultations with patients ...

Leamington’s Erie Shores HealthCare is facing a $4.35 million budget deficit which its administration attributes to running unfunded programs to improve patient flow. “We are in a unique position,” ...

Maui Health announced the start of construction on the new Nan and Wayne Kocourek Clinical Decision Unit (CDU) at Maui Memorial Medical Center (MMMC). This specialized unit will provide 12 additional ...