Healthcare Benchmarks 2000 Index

Benchmarking Data

Access benchmark and resource data, train staff, JAN:6

AHRQ releases national inpatient sample, MAY:58

Center will establish rehab care benchmarks, JAN:10

Climbing hospital stays level off in West, MAY:56

Ground ambulance services, JUN:69

Health data source book available, JUN:72

Hip fracture data, JUL:79

Hip replacement data, JUL:81

IQI releases knee arthroscopy data, OCT:118

Median values for cardiac hospitals, SEP:103

New benchmark is largest of its kind, MAY:58

New on-line source for hospital data, APR:47

Numbers behind the drug error headlines, MAR:27

Patient satisfaction survey trends reported, NOV:125

Pediatric inpatient units, AUG:93

Radiology benchmarks: where to go for help, DEC:142

Regional best performers, JUN:71

Regional differences in basic data, JUL:83

Regional key performance indicators, APR:46

Spending on UR/QA per discharge, SEP:105

Who loses under outpatient PPS? MAY:57

Benchmarking Problems & Issues

Benchmarking crucial at small, rural facilities, MAY:49

Benchmarking takes back seat in home care, FEB:20

Data snapshots provide benchmarks from real time, NOV:130

EDs aren’t too busy to benchmark, APR:37

Error reporting systems need overhaul, JUL:73

Getting cooperation from physicians, JUN:61

Home care experts unsure of OASIS data value, MAR:29

Magnet Hospital application provides useful data, NOV:126

Medicare quality data show room for improvement, NOV:121

Medication error definitions, JUL:77

Medication errors are benchmarking headache, MAR:25

Patient satisfaction surveys offer data lessons, NOV:124

Proof that benchmarking works, MAY:51

Small hospital explores benchmarking options, JUN:67

Why don't doctors follow guidelines? JAN:7

Best Practices

10 ideas for medication error reduction, JUL:76

APQC publishes best practices book, MAY:60

Best practices in accounts payable, SEP:104

Best practices in cardiac care, AUG:91

Computerization saves money, time, and trees, JAN:1

Getting a pastoral care program off the ground, APR:44

Hip replacement data lead to efficiency, JUL:77

Information on bed control spurs ideas for change, OCT:112

New book helps with best practices in home care, MAY:59

Nurse case management data lead to big savings, SEP:97

Perfecting pastoral care, APR:41

Small hospital’s use of protocols improves outcomes, JUL:81

Survey of pastoral care, APR:42

What’s at the heart of the best cardiac hospitals? SEP:102

Compliance Issues

BBA brings grief to hospitals, JUN:71

JCAHO alters sentinel event policy, SEP:108

JCAHO launches patient safety initiative, JUL:84

New hospital manual available from JCAHO, MAR:36

New Web site to check compliance, AUG:95

Office based surgery guidelines due, SEP:107

Cooperative Data Efforts

Association surveys give members access to data, analysis, NOV:129

Benchmarking cooperative links large and small, JUN:65

Cardiac care fine-tuned through competitor visits, OCT:116

Competition no barrier to cooperation for bed control project, OCT:109

Key aspects of care for three cooperative projects, JUN:66

Minnesota medical groups share best practices, MAR:31

Peds benchmarking group gathers outcomes data, SEP:100

Technology reports created by ICSI, MAR:33

Innovative Ideas

25 ideas for improving bed control, OCT:113

9 steps to quick discharge, OCT:118

Communications eases merger problems, MAY:55

Easing oncology emergencies, APR:45

Easing patient journeys through the system, FEB:21

Ideas that work for error reduction, JUL:76

Innovations in food service at MD Anderson, DEC:140

Innovations in scheduling and access, AUG:92

Monitoring system saves $180,000/year, MAY:54

New competence assessment program, MAR:34

Patient flow QI program wins Codman Award, FEB:17

Protecting staff from pathogens, JUN:68

Sample patient itinerary, FEB:18

Teamwork cuts ED wait times, APR:40

Miscellaneous

COLA to review behavioral health records, OCT:120

ECRI expands services for labs, JUN:72

Grants assist in fight against pediatric asthma, AUG:96

Improving skills topic of seminars, OCT:119

McKesson links with distributors, JUN:72

Medication errors top patients' worry list, JAN:9

Study on upcoding complete, SEP:107

Troika to integrate performance measures, NOV:131

Virtual quiz show targets safety, SEP:108

Won’t lend to health care, say lenders, FEB:24

Public Reporting

AHCPR to improve patient data oversight in research, JAN:12

Disclosing data improves quality, NOV:128

New public reporting efforts at JCAHO, NCQA, DEC:144

Rhode Island program on public reporting of quality data, DEC:138

Staffing Issues

California passes first nurse staffing law, FEB:16

Characteristics of Nursing magnet hospitals, OCT:115

Magnet program rates nursing quality, OCT:115

Matrix for Staffing Decision Making, FEB:15

Nursing shortage spurs hunt for perfect ratios, FEB:13

Physician profiling welcomed at one system, DEC:133

Tools, Forms, & Checklists for Benchmarking

AHA starts on-line data source, JUN:72

Data Collected for MI/Chest Pain Patients, JUL:82

Data Collected for Nurse Case Management Benchmarking Study, SEP:99

Data to collect for hip replacements, JUL:79

Easing the data burden, AUG:85

How to bring disparate data together, AUG:95

IPRO launches new Web site, MAY:59

JCAHO publishes benchmarking basics book, APR:48

List of benchmarking programs for small hospitals, MAY:53

Measures used in State of Managed Care Quality, NOV:128

Nebraska association offers QI analysis system, APR:47

New drug monographs available, OCT:120

Point-of-care analysis of equipment use, AUG:88

Process of Care Measurements for Medicare Quality of Care, NOV:123

Q&A for bed control matrix, OCT:113