Much has changed in the years since the Institute of Medicine published To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm, companion reports released in 1999 and 2001 that sounded the alarm about high rates of adverse events and the urgent need to adopt proven best practices in healthcare.
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Since 2003, Modern Healthcare and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society have jointly sponsored the CEO IT Achievement Awards to honor leaders of healthcare organizations at the forefront of adopting the electronic...
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One of the most frequently trumpeted “truths” in healthcare policy research is that the system is larded with waste, perhaps as much as 30% of all spending.
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Much has changed in the years since the Institute of Medicine published To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm, companion reports released in 1999 and 2001 that sounded the alarm about high rates of adverse events and the urgent need to adopt proven best practices in healthcare.
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The movement to standardize medical practice patterns, a key component of improving quality, is still a work in progress as hospital officials seeking to install common protocols continue to encounter pockets of resistance among
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Prodded by federal and state regulations, hospitals have made significant strides to combat hospital-acquired infections. Even so, some say more work needs to be done to address infections that occur outside the intensive-care unit and that hospitals should...
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Medicare officials and policy experts long have thought that hospitals should do a better job of preventing the need for patients to be readmitted soon after their initial discharge.
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Health Management Associates is under fire from an activist investor, but a change of ownership at the company may be little more than wishful thinking.
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Medicare spends radically more in some places of the country than others. Intense debate over what's behind that variation—and how to save money by narrowing it—erupted again last week with new research concluding that differences in patients' health are primarily to blame.
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Some key regulatory details remain unanswered in the final months before the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's major provisions launch.
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The registered nursing workforce is growing and getting better educated, with more RNs pursuing advanced degrees, according to the HRSA. And that's exactly what the IOM and many hospital systems want.
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Even as the Truman Medical Centers system in Kansas City, Mo., received recognition for achieving the highest levels of information technology adoption, President and CEO John Bluford was also exploring a low-tech approach to improving his community's health: opening a grocery store.
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"I tell people that the reason I have calluses on my hands is because I have to hold the reins back,” says Gary Gregory, board chairman at Miami Children's Hospital, referring to the hospital CEO's exuberance when it comes to health information...
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Since 2003, Modern Healthcare and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society have jointly sponsored the CEO IT Achievement Awards to honor leaders of healthcare organizations at the forefront of adopting the electronic...
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As health information technology continues to advance the quality of patient care and patient outcomes, I am pleased to recognize the winners of the 2013 Modern Healthcare CEO IT Achievement Awards, in collaboration with the
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Modern Healthcare and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society would like to thank the following five senior healthcare executives for serving as the judges of the 2013 CEO IT Achievement Awards competition. We appreciate...
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2012 recipients: Dr. Steven Altschuler, CEO, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Lynn Britton, President and CEO, Mercy, Chesterfield, Mo.; Richard Miller, President and CEO, Virtua, Marlton, N.J.
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One of the most frequently trumpeted “truths” in healthcare policy research is that the system is larded with waste, perhaps as much as 30% of all spending.
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Recent findings from the Oregon Health Study have resulted in headlines intended as a warning for next January's planned expansion of the Medicaid program (as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act): “Bad news for Obamacare: A...
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I am a Navy veteran and a hospital corpsman. While I agree with much of what was written in the recent story “Struggles for ex-military”, I have to take issue with a few of the statements. Sandy Summers...
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A list of the 20 largest U.S. military hospitals ranked by number of total staffed beds; 10 general medical/surgical military hospitals and 10 U.S. Veterans Affairs Hospitals. Source: 2013 AHA Guide; U.S. Veterans Affairs Department. Published June 3, 2013, p. 34.
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Sister Judith Ann Karam, president and CEO of Sisters of Charity Health System since 1998, plans to resign July 26. Terrence Kessler, the Cleveland-based system's general counsel, will take over on an interim basis. Their ages weren't provided. The system includes three hospitals in...
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Outliers knows hospitals are working hard to become “green.” But now comes a suggestion that pushes a few limits: Researchers have proposed expanding the scope of recycling to include discarded human kidneys, saying they may serve a role in building replacement organs.
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Roberto Marrero is no stranger to cops-and-robbers drama: the Cuban-born cable TV magnate once played bit roles on shows such as “America's Most Wanted,” “Unsolved Mysteries” and “Miami Vice.” Now it seems his real life may rival those roles.
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Outliers is gonna file this one under “Physician, heal thyself.” It seems one of the more prominent organizations devoted to health IT data security ran into a little data security lapse. Yes, the Health Information Trust Alliance got hacked. Oops.
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