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 ...

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 ...

A new approach to hospital discharges at UCLA reduced the time patients spend waiting to leave the hospital by nearly 50% for ...

When she noticed RNs weren't always able to make patient discharge a top priority, Baptist Health Lexington's CNO created a new nursing position to improve the discharge process. The result has been a ...

1. Ask every department to participate in promoting efficiency. Patient flow can be disrupted when separate departments and providers do not talk about the hold-ups in each area, Dr. Noonan says. “You ...

Managing the patient-visit cycle gives practices the most potential for profitability and efficiency over any other initiative. In addition, smoother patient flow enhances care and improves safety, ...

Toward Implementing Patient Flow in a Cancer Treatment Center to Reduce Patient Waiting Time and Improve Efficiency Authors: Samuel Suss [email protected], Nadia Bhuiyan, Kudret Demirli, and ...

The following article is reprinted with permission from Western Pennsylvania Hospital News.Many emergency medicine departments in [Pennsylvania] and throughout the country are experiencing ...

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 ...

This study assessed health care utilization and patient flow after a recent merger of community practices, a community hospital, and an academic medical center. Objectives: Hospital mergers and ...

“First, do no harm” is a core healthcare principle attributed to Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician who is considered by many to be the “father” of modern medicine. But as the demand for ...