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A large southeastern, fully integrated health care system serves a 75-mile radius with 70 sites of care, including seven hospitals. The system has a predominantly non-employed physician model and only a handful of intensivists to support 140 beds in 40 ICUs. Several years ago, this organization’s Board and surgical and medical intensivists completed a study [...]

An integrated health care system in the Mid-Atlantic recently implemented a program that standardizes care for elective heart bypass surgery at a flat fee. The program includes a 90-day warranty, which includes follow-up care and treatment for any ensuing complications.The challenge of having seven cardiac surgeons agreeing on one standardized form of care was daunting, [...]

A 385-bed regional hospital in the South decreased patients’ LOS in its emergency department from 220 minutes to 90 minutes in a six-month period, since implementing an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) networking system from a Dallas, Texas based company, T System, Inc. (www.tsystem.com). The hospital sees on average 60 patients a day in its emergency [...]

A local volunteer board of directors operates a nonprofit, 99-bed hospital located in a town of 35,000 people. The health system owns a number of extended care facilities and several clinics, all in the same state. This relatively small, rural hospital is ahead of the curve in health care technology. It has gone far beyond [...]

A Midwestern, full service health system with 210 beds recently received its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Less than a handful of hospitals in the nation have received LEED certification. The $170 million hospital sits at the center of a 170-acre complex, which will be home [...]

An integrated, Southern-based health system with several hospitals and clinics recently renovated one of its 24-hour emergency departments. Not content to merely renovate the ER physically, this organization wanted to decrease patients’ wait times, improve the quality of care and service, and increase volume. Enter a web-based, low-cost product called InQuickER. InQuickER allows hospitals to [...]

A patient safety and medical malpractice organization located on the East Coast incorporates simulation and team training as an integral part of patient safety efforts.   The program emphasizes and evaluates communication skills, team practice behaviors, organizational structure to support the team practice, effective learning through debriefing, and observation of team behavior.  Simulations have been used [...]