{"title":"The best hospitals are getting better while others continue to struggle.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two recent studies by HealthGrades show that hospitals are improving their quality of care in a number of procedures and disease states and that patients are less likely to die at a quality rated hospital. The bad news is that while the best are getting better, the lowest rated hospitals are just not able to climb out of the bottom.</p>","PeriodicalId":85258,"journal":{"name":"Performance improvement advisor","volume":"10 2","pages":"21-4, 13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25917049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"44 hospitals cut surgical site infections by 27%.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A group of 44 hospitals participating in a pilot collaborative project to reduce surgical site infections by redesigning quality control processes accomplished eye-popping results--a 27% reduction in infections during the year studied.</p>","PeriodicalId":85258,"journal":{"name":"Performance improvement advisor","volume":"10 2","pages":"18-21, 13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25917048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bed turnaround system reduces time from 70 to 45 minutes.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85258,"journal":{"name":"Performance improvement advisor","volume":"10 2","pages":"13-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25917704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Michigan project aims to lower costs, improve quality of bariatric surgery.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A data registry to collect procedure and outcome information on bariatric surgery in Michigan is underway through a new initiative involving 20 hospitals and dozens of surgeons affiliated with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.</p>","PeriodicalId":85258,"journal":{"name":"Performance improvement advisor","volume":"10 2","pages":"15-8, 13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25917705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hospitals educate patients to reduce medical errors, improve patient safety.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hospitals educate patients to reduce medical errors, improve patient safety. Educating patients on the effective use of the health care system is sweeping through the nation's hospitals as the effort to reduce medical errors and improve patient safety takes another step to incorporate the team approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":85258,"journal":{"name":"Performance improvement advisor","volume":"10 1","pages":"9-11, 1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25873237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Texas hospitals share creative uses of non-clinical staff to reduce ER costs.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Texas hospitals share creative uses of non-clinical staff to reduce ER costs. In central Texas, Christus Spohn Hospital and Seton Health Care are independently exploring the use of non-clinical staff to improve utilization of clinical and emergency services, but their existing programs employ different structures and outcomes measurements.</p>","PeriodicalId":85258,"journal":{"name":"Performance improvement advisor","volume":"10 1","pages":"11-2, 1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25873238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intensive training, IT tools are hallmarks of safety improvement program.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Intensive training, IT tools are hallmarks of safety improvement program. A new program in New Hampshire is dramatically improving performance of all systems and decreasing medical errors. Key elements include an intensive focus on staff training and the use of an event reporting management system that has decreased the number of errors due to faulty patient identification and sound-alike and look-alike medications.</p>","PeriodicalId":85258,"journal":{"name":"Performance improvement advisor","volume":"10 1","pages":"7-9, 1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25873236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Three-pronged approach aims to change patient care in Michigan.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85258,"journal":{"name":"Performance improvement advisor","volume":"10 1","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25873234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Case management saves hospital system dollar 23.9M, improves quality.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Case management saves hospital system dollar 23.9M, improves quality. As managed care organizations and government payers ask for quality improvements in exchange for increased reimbursement, hospitals nationwide are looking for ways to cut utilization and costs by using a combination of hospitalists and case management services.</p>","PeriodicalId":85258,"journal":{"name":"Performance improvement advisor","volume":"10 1","pages":"3-7, 1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25873235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Real time interactive CPOE increases compliance with best practices.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A seven-year veteran of computer-based physician order entry systems (CPOE), Meridian Health has begun embedding evidence-based best practice guidelines into a real-time interactive system.</p>","PeriodicalId":85258,"journal":{"name":"Performance improvement advisor","volume":"9 12","pages":"141-2, 133"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25834633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}