Improving efficiency is complex and requires a multimodal approach. Health information systems, patient feedback, and multidisciplinary teams are components that can improve clinical processes.

Every document matters to a hospital. A piece of paper or an image of a document matters to patients and clinicians because it affects the quality of care provided. Documents matter to hospitals ...

Delivering a baby is hard work. Aptly named labor, the process before childbirth can be physically and emotionally taxing — and even painful. While no two patients experience labor and delivery ...

Due to changing conditions in the healthcare environment, many hospitals believe it is time that they move away from independence and toward some form of a transaction. A transaction has the potential ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Patients who are discharged after vascular surgeries to treat a wide range of ailments involving heart and blood flow issues are far more likely to be readmitted to the hospital for a ...

As much as hospital executives would like to bill their patients quickly, healthcare’s billing processes are complicated and ...

On January 13, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new streamlined survey and certification process for psychiatric hospitals as part of the agency’s “Patients over ...

The Flushing Hospital Medical Center recently earned accreditation from the Surgical Review Corporation as a Center of ...

LIFE St. Mary, a hospital in the Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic health system, had a manual process to request medication refills and fill pillboxes. The pharmacy was not integrated with the electronic ...

CANANDAIGUA, NY — Effective March 1, F.F. Thompson Hospital will have a new check-in process for all visitors to hospital inpatients as well as visitors who are accompanying patients to the hospital’s ...