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A middle-aged male patient let's call him "Tom" showed up in the emergency department at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston about a year ago complaining of pains in his chest and legs.
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Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center reduced the number of patients waiting more than four hours in the emergency department by 35% and cut salaries by $60,000 after installing an electronic bed management system that provides information on bed availability and patient status and location in real-time.
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Behavioral health patients are put at risk if the players coming to the table are not coordinating efforts to make the most efficient use of available resources, notes Mark Catalano, LCSW, manager of admissions at Seton Shoal Creek Hospital in Austin, TX.
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O’Mathuna D. Ginkgo biloba and the progression of cognitive impairment. 2008;10:29-31.
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Kim YH. Health benefits of Tai Chi. Altern Ther Women’s Health. 2008;10:25-29.
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"Leadership and Business Strategies for Integrative Health Care" will be held May 15-17 at the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort in Phoenix, AZ.
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The latest edition of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) National Healthcare Quality Report contained some disappointing news for quality professionals: The quality of health care improved by an average 2.3% a year between 1994 and 2005, compared with the 3.1% average annual improvement rate published in the 2006 reports.
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HealthGrades partners with Google for consumers, PHCQA launches new quality web site
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The implementation of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) by hospitals in Massachusetts could save each facility an estimated $2.7 million a year by reducing error rates, shortening length of hospital stays, and curtailing unnecessary drug tests and laboratory use, according to a study co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) and the New England Healthcare Institute (NEHI).
