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 ...

Systematic Patient Navigation Strategies to Scale Breast Cancer Disparity Reduction by Improved Cancer Prevention and Care Delivery Processes EHR and RTLS data obtained from a large cancer center in ...

PITTSBURGH, April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TeleTracking Technologies has released Patient Flow Dashboard™, powered by TeleTracking XT™, which was designed to help hospital leadership monitor the ...

Integrating an elderly patient’s informal caregivers — family members, friends, partners, neighbors and other loved ones — into the discharge process may potentially reduce the patient’s likelihood of ...

When she noticed RNs weren't always able to make patient discharge a top priority, Baptist Health Lexington's CNO created a new nursing position to improve the discharge process. The result has been a ...

Different strategies for improving emergency department patient flow at six hospitals cost up to 1,017 hours and $490,000, according to a Journal of Emergency Nursing study. Researchers conducted ...

Fayette Plastic Surgery Center Clinical Director Kristin Nation and ASC Co-Owner Edward Gronka, MD, discuss eight ways their surgery center keeps a smooth patient flow. 1. Do prep work early. There ...

This project set out to develop an initial flow map of clients of Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) mental health and addiction services. This phase of this project was an attempt to: (a) Develop an ...

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 ...

When the car manufacturer announced plans to move to the Dallas, Texas, region, Parkland saw an opportunity, as Toyota offers a program to assist nonprofits at no cost, according to an article from ...