Despite many hospital's efforts to reduce readmissions, penalties for excessive readmissions reached an all-time high this year. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid will levy fines to 2,610 hospitals ...

The layout of your medical practice can have an enormous effect on patient flow. Whether you’re starting a practice from scratch or considering a remodel, make a patient-friendly layout a priority.

Through years of expert clinical care, physicians have identified and implemented five strategies to help improve patient flow and care quality. With increased pressure on hospitals to streamline ...

The healthcare industry has experienced an explosion in data volume in recent years, leaving some providers wondering how to realize the full value of this information to improve clinical, operational ...

If the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is upheld, hospitals could face a huge influx of newly insured individuals seeking services. If this happens, hospitals will need to be prepared to ...

The comprehensiveness of its approach is noteworthy, as are its implications for hospitalists and for other hospitals. "This is about taking non-value-added steps out of the process and getting rid of ...

At Baptist Health, our mission has always been to deliver high-quality care to the communities we serve throughout Arkansas. With a network of hospitals and care facilities across the state, we are ...

Carilion Clinic has managed its stretched hospital bed capacity with a command center and post-acute referral hub. Carilion Clinic has mastered the intricacies of operating a command center and ...

Although health systems have seen some much-needed improvement to operating margins in recent quarters, these positive headlines mask a disturbing reality that illustrates the immense challenges most ...

Systematic Patient Navigation Strategies to Scale Breast Cancer Disparity Reduction by Improved Cancer Prevention and Care Delivery Processes EHR and RTLS data obtained from a large cancer center in ...