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 ...

If the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is upheld, hospitals could face a huge influx of newly insured individuals seeking services. If this happens, hospitals will need to be prepared to ...

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Navvis, a leading population health company, today announced the launch of its high-performing Patient Throughput and Capacity solution, designed to help health systems and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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,” ...

The United Kingdom’s National Health Service, or NHS, is planning to begin transporting blood samples by drone between two central London hospitals, powered by Wing and Apian. Our goal is simple: ...

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 ...