The healthcare reform law has created an impetus for hospitals to improve efficiencies, squeezing as much waste out of their processes as possible, while improving quality. As part of the Patient ...

In our increasingly complex healthcare system, ethical efficiency stands as a critical pillar to ensure patients receive quality care without unnecessary waste or unintended outcomes. Hospital systems ...

Here are three systems your hospital should use for improved efficiency. 1. Bar code tags for inventory management. Tagging equipment with bar codes as they arrive at the hospital will help organize ...

The assessment of hospital efficiency and performance evaluation remains a critical issue in healthcare systems worldwide. Researchers have long sought to develop robust models that both quantify ...

Implementing a well-established business approach allowed physicians to shave hours off pediatric patient discharges without affecting readmission rates, according to researchers at Penn State Hershey ...

FacilityONE supports Edgerton Hospital in expanding the UNITY Solutions Suite to additional departments, enhancing communication, tracking, and efficiency. FacilityONE’s UNITY Solutions Suite has ...

Effective partnerships between anesthesia departments and hospitals will improve physician communication and accountability, which directly correlates with health system profits and quality of care, ...

Artificial intelligence is reshaping medicine, promising sharper diagnostics and more efficient workflows. However, what is lost when machines mediate human judgment? From hospital wards to ...

PHOENIX — The leader of a group that looks at hospital efficiency has an idea what the Veteran’s Administration should be looking for in a new director for its hospital in Phoenix. Gene Schneller is ...

There are fears the "temporary" downgrading of a local hospital may lead to a permanent change in services.