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The latest requirements from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) call for more detailed evaluation of processes than ever before, causing one health care system to look to industry for the tools needed to respond appropriately.
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At the heart of the decision to use computer simulation modeling at Overlook was the need to answer one basic question: Will the flow-gorithms work?
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The use of computer simulation modeling at Overlook Hospital was really a very simple application of a simulation model, asserts Dan Krupka, PhD, managing principal of Sherborn, MA-based Twin Peaks Group LLC. In fact, he says, the more complex the process, the greater the need for computer simulation.
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In what its sponsors say is a first-of-its-kind program in the United States, the Pennsylvania Department of Health has shown that quality of care can be improved significantly for nursing home residents through a systematic and consistent implementation of best practices protocols.
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The University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers in Ann Arbor, as well as a number of other academic health centers, prohibits distributing drug samples to patients.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson has released two reports that represent the first national, comprehensive effort to measure the quality of health care in America and differences in access to health care services for priority populations.
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In our cover story in the November 2003 issue, Tania Bridgeman, RN, PhD, director of clinical path development of the University of California at Irvine Medical Center, was quoted as using a clinical documentation system called TDF from Atlanta-based Eclypisis.
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