Tag: hospitals

Wonder What Would Happen If A Hospital Near You Closed? Read This.

In many communities around the country, hospitals are one of–if not the–largest…

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Medical Billing: A Paper Blizzard Not Addressed by EHR

Everything we read suggests the day is nearing when all hospitals and…

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Person-Centered HealthCare: How to Stay Safe While at the Hospital

“Hospital-acquired infections from all causes are estimated to cause >90,000 deaths per…

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Noisy Hospitals = Patient and Staff Distress

Noisy Hospitals Cause Alarm Fatigue and Patient Distress A recent study from…

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Hospitals: Take Down Those Walls!

A new article in HealthcareITNews highlights the hospitals of the future and…

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Why Do Academic Medical Centers Do Poorly on Quality Report Cards?

   In September 2012, the Joint Commission recognized 620 hospitals (about 18%…

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How to Reduce Hospital Acquired Infections in Your Facility

Multiple C. difficile outbreaks throughout 2011 made headlines and caught the attention…

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Gawande’s Kitchen

Atul Gawande is a fine writer and probably a good doctor. He…

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Hospital Evolution: Collaboration in an Era of Change

Change is everywhere.  No more evident is this than the presidential election…

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