Direct radiography causing a stir among health care providers in the know--and here's why. Aside from the high praise radiologists are bestowing on the quality of the newly approved technology, direct radiology is proven to slash the enormous costs of buying, storing, and working with traditional X-ray film. Plus, it makes sense in the era of integration of provider organizations. Here are the details on a recent study conducted at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Data Benchmarks: How does your organization stack up to the nation's top 100 hospitals? A new study of the country's top 100 hospitals that achieved great clinical and financial benchmarks reveals they are doing much more than reducing length of stay and shifting care to the outpatient setting. Other factors, including managed care penetration and location, play important roles, too. Here are the details, plus tips from a top performer.
Data Benchmarks: No cost-cutting strength in numbers. Health care facilities nationwide have been teaming up to reduce costs, boost profitability, and win managed care contracts. But a new study shows joining hospital alliances produces the opposite: it actually increases health care costs for member organizations. Here are the surprising details.
It pays to put every product purchase under the microscope. By creating a multidisciplinary value analysis committee to review staff ideas on potential savings for products, as well as internal services and processes, this New Jersey health care provider is slashing costs and standardizing products across clinical service lines. Learn how the committee operates and what it's doing to get vital employee participation, plus read about specific products targeted for cost reduction.
Revamping your clinical pathways to make them even more efficient and effective. Anne Arundel Medical Center's successful total hip/total knee replacement pathway has already slashed length of stay 48%, but officials weren't satisfied. They've redesigned the pathway's documentation process to get consistent data for accurately measuring patient outcomes--and have improved efficiency and patient care and education as well. Find out how the new system works and why there's always room for improvement.
A new study reveals hospitals are losing an average of $268 on each Medicare patient who has outpatient surgery. Losses depend on procedures, ownership structure, and how often the particular type of surgery is performed.
Providers are finding great success at improving patient care and operations with hand-held computers that cut documentation time, reduce errors, and streamline operations. Here's how a Colorado medical center revamped its homecare operation and integrated wireless technology on the inpatient side, too.
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