By Linda Wilson |
August 10, 2009
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Basic Web Registration Two closely watched dots on the radar screen at HealthEast Care System this year are blood clots and bleeding complications. The two are related, of course. Patients at risk of developing blood clots while in the hospital are often given blood thinners, namely heparin and warfarin. But dosages of... FULL STORY »
By Jean DerGurahian |
June 01, 2009
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Basic Web Registration While the CMS and hospitals continue to sharpen their focus on high patient-satisfaction scores, new research indicates there isn’t any correlation between how happy patients are and a hospital’s expenses and profitability, or mortality and complication rates. FULL STORY »
June 01, 2009
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Basic Web Registration Money can’t buy you love. But can love buy you money? Maybe. But not in healthcare. Welcome to Modern Healthcare’s ninth annual FULL STORY »
June 01, 2009
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Basic Web Registration The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals study has been a 16-year journey to build a national balanced score card. The journey has been highlighted by annual improvement in methodologies and measures. The latest innovation—introduction of the 100 Top Hospitals Performance Matrix—is a major step... FULL STORY »
By Linda Wilson |
June 01, 2009
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Basic Web Registration At Gundersen Lutheran Health System, the culprits behind a nighttime noise problem were not things that go bump in the night but rather things that go beep. FULL STORY »
By Jean DerGurahian |
June 01, 2009
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Basic Web Registration While the CMS and hospitals continue to sharpen their focus on high patient-satisfaction scores, new research indicates there isn’t any correlation between how happy patients are and a hospital’s expenses and profitability, or mortality and complication rates. FULL STORY »
June 01, 2009
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Basic Web Registration Money can’t buy you love. But can love buy you money? Maybe. But not in healthcare. Welcome to Modern Healthcare’s ninth annual FULL STORY »
June 01, 2009
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Basic Web Registration The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals study has been a 16-year journey to build a national balanced score card. The journey has been highlighted by annual improvement in methodologies and measures. The latest innovation—introduction of the 100 Top Hospitals Performance Matrix—is a major step... FULL STORY »
By Linda Wilson |
June 01, 2009
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Basic Web Registration At Gundersen Lutheran Health System, the culprits behind a nighttime noise problem were not things that go bump in the night but rather things that go beep. FULL STORY »
By Linda Wilson |
March 30, 2009
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Basic Web Registration Administrators at Silver Cross Hospital are so serious about pleasing patients that in 2008 they refused to sign a contract with a new neurosurgeon who wouldn’t agree to maintain a patient-satisfaction score that was at least in the 50th percentile nationally. Physicians at 245-bed Silver Cross in... FULL STORY »
March 30, 2009
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Free Access A Special Feature on Thomson Reuters' ranking of the 100 best hospitals from 2008. Hospitals are ranked by size in two categories: teaching and community. Source: Thomson Reuters. Published March 30, 2009. This list includes the following data points: FULL STORY »
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