Fine-tuning your home care program. Hospitals that venture into the home care arena may need to refine that segment of their system in light of a toughening reimbursement environment. That's what the nation's largest home care provider did when it launched an aggressive redesign program in most of its 45 markets. Learn how Olsten Health Services will save $12 million by year-end.
Telemedicine improves patient care and saves money, too. An emergency telemedicine network for neurosurgeons in northern California is helping hospitals near San Francisco reduce unnecessary transportation costs. Find out how the network is ensuring that neurosurgical emergencies are identified faster, so patients get the right level of care at the right time.
DATA BENCHMARKS: Top 25 inpatient procedures ranked by volume show which procedures are still occurring broadly within hospitals. See how to use the ranking to compare your procedure costs and length of stay with others across the country and to track several health care industry trends.
Artificial intelligence data analysis leads health care system to fine-tune and improve new clinical pathways. Sentara Health Care in Norfolk, VA, developed a host of new clinical protocols in recent years, but instead of sitting back and enjoying initial improved outcomes and cost savings, it went the extra mile to enhance those pathways using a sophisticated data analysis tool.
Wireless telephone systems help wipe out nurses' unproductive time. The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus installed a portable phone system throughout its hospital to increase efficiency in nursing shifts. The system proved so successful that more than 450 hospital personnel now use the phones.
DATA BENCHMARKS: This study compares costs and performance of total hip replacement surgery against hospitals nationwide and by region. And it examines how managed care penetration in hospital markets impacts cost and length of stay.
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