Hospital profile: Step-by-step plan for improving patient care

Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis wants to be the safest and highest-quality hospital in the country. Pretty lofty goals for a 1,100-bed facility that serves a broad range of patients. Here’s how it’s going about achieving these goals. Read more

Best practices for enhancing doctor/nurse relationships

There is no better marketing for hospitals than positive word-of-mouth endorsements from former patients to other consumers. Of course, providing quality care is one way to get them, and here’s a key to achieving quality care: Read more

4 key steps: Caring for wander-risk patients

The last thing any facility wants is for an elderly patient with dementia to wander off and get hurt or lost. If that happens you could be faced with angry loved ones and lawsuits. Read more

How one hospital stepped up its newborn security

Child abduction is one of the worst nightmares a hospital can face. And one facility is taking innovative steps to stop it. Read more

Study: Healthcare data breaches on the rise

From 2010 to 2011, data breaches increased 32% in hospitals and healthcare organizations, mainly because of two reasons:  Read more

RACs target hospitals: Protect your facility from lost revenue

Guess which hospital area garnered 41% of the total $992.7 million overpayment collections made by Medicare’s Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) during the demonstration phase? Read more

Study: Hospital mortality rates up in ICU patients with HAI

A recent analysis of an American hospital database found that in-hospital mortality in ICU patients with hospital-acquired infections (HAI) is four times higher (18.5% vs. 4.5%) than those without. But that’s not all it found. Read more

Do hospital performance rewards cut death rates?

Many people think performance rewards are the answer to better treatment outcomes and lower death rates, but are they really? Read more

Are your staffers afraid to report errors?

Pop quiz time: If an employee spots a medical error, what is he/she most likely to do?

1. Report it right away.
2. Keep it to him/herself.
3. It depends on the kind of policy your facility has on reporting safety/medical error incidents. Read more

Healthcare projected to be major growth industry

A new study from the Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS) projects that by 2020 one out of every nine jobs will be in health care. And that by 2020 more than 7 million new workers will be needed for new jobs and replacing retiring workers. Read more

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