Through years of expert clinical care, physicians have identified and implemented five strategies to help improve patient flow and care quality. With increased pressure on hospitals to streamline ...

Carilion Clinic has managed its stretched hospital bed capacity with a command center and post-acute referral hub. Carilion Clinic has mastered the intricacies of operating a command center and ...

At Baptist Health, our mission has always been to deliver high-quality care to the communities we serve throughout Arkansas. With a network of hospitals and care facilities across the state, we are ...

The comprehensiveness of its approach is noteworthy, as are its implications for hospitalists and for other hospitals. "This is about taking non-value-added steps out of the process and getting rid of ...

If the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is upheld, hospitals could face a huge influx of newly insured individuals seeking services. If this happens, hospitals will need to be prepared to ...

Despite many hospital's efforts to reduce readmissions, penalties for excessive readmissions reached an all-time high this year. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid will levy fines to 2,610 hospitals ...

Although health systems have seen some much-needed improvement to operating margins in recent quarters, these positive headlines mask a disturbing reality that illustrates the immense challenges most ...

The healthcare industry has experienced an explosion in data volume in recent years, leaving some providers wondering how to realize the full value of this information to improve clinical, operational ...

Appointment schedules should reflect physicians' work style and patient demands. One of the major mistakes many physicians make is thinking patient flow problems happen because of major time-consuming ...

The layout of your medical practice can have an enormous effect on patient flow. Whether you’re starting a practice from scratch or considering a remodel, make a patient-friendly layout a priority.

Systematic Patient Navigation Strategies to Scale Breast Cancer Disparity Reduction by Improved Cancer Prevention and Care Delivery Processes Electronic health records (EHRs) have been mainly used to ...

It may not match the scale of the exodus of nurses from the healthcare workforce, but a growing shortage of physicians is no less of a threat to patient care. A recent survey found that one in five ...