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
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