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A team approach to quality measures has resulted in a significant drop in ventilator-associated pneumonia for patients in the intensive care unit at Columbus Regional Hospital (IN) and helped the hospital earn the 2007 American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize.
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It's common for case managers to say, "Oh, I wish I were a consultant." Yet, case managers already have jobs in which they do much of what a consultant does.
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A "near-miss" in which a nurse at a Pennsylvania hospital incorrectly placed a "do not resuscitate" (DNR) wristband on a patient has prompted an Ohio initiative aimed at implementing statewide standardization of colored wristbands.
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Challenges with handling physician orders abound at most hospitals: Patients may show up without the order, leading to frustration all around and a wasted appointment time.
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A beautifully designed, state-of-the art facility for imaging services is the centerpiece of a group of previously independent sites now being served by a new radiology call center.
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About 110 uninsured patients a month are being referred from a Tucson, AZ, hospital emergency department to a nearby primary care and specialty center, the result of a collaborative aimed at finding the individuals an ongoing medical home.
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One U.S. health care system is ahead of the curve when it comes to dealing with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a difficult-to-treat strain of bacteria that is a significant cause of hospital-acquired infections.
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Discharge planning for the high-risk "frail senior" population is difficult at best, says Barbara Leach, RNC, MS, CNA, ACM, director of case management, Sacramento/Solo, with the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region.
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Leveraging the resources of established call centers to serve the public in the event of a health emergency is one of the strategies proposed in a recent report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
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Beginning Jan. 1, 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will require hospitals and other health care providers to use a National Provider Identifier when they bill Medicare fiscal intermediaries and Medicare administrative contractors, the agency said in a recent notice.
