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"We look at a variety of things as most departments do, but I think we're trying to collect some data that there aren't good benchmarks for and can have significant variability from institution to institution or at least trying to look at our [department] numbers... to compare ourselves to our colleagues here at the hospital.
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"The good news is, I see hospitals all over the country, and a lot of them are doing a dramatically better job in disclosures.
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(Editor's note: In this issue, we will deal with determination of the scope of services that an organization decides to provide. Future issues will deal with steps 2-4 of privileging.)
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Before Crozer-Chester Medical Center (PA) engaged in a four-year study to eliminate incidents of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) from its surgical unit, the medical director of Crozer Regional Trauma Center, Riad Cachecho, MD, MBA, FACS, admits he was a naysayer.
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ED wait times have been the traditional headline grabbers. But more and more, people are looking at throughput and seeing a different monster altogether the OR.
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One path that leads to better care transitions and reductions in hospital readmissions is to break down the silos where care traditionally is delivered.
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The boarding of patients in hospital emergency departments occurs every day across the country and is not atypical, experts suggest.
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Influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel is a professional and ethical responsibility and non-compliance with healthcare facility policies regarding vaccination should not be tolerated, argues the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).
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