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 ...

Under pressure to reduce costs and improve quality, many hospitals and health systems are adopting approaches to improve processes. Some strategies, such as Lean and Six Sigma, aim to streamline ...

Take a deep dive with Rick Gannotta, SVP, Chief Healthcare Administrative Officer at Masimo, into the administrative benefits of Hospital Automation—from its impact on healthcare delivery and ...

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 ...

Patient care and outcomes are more important today than ever before. This is because patients not only have higher expectations but there is also an increasing complexity of healthcare needs with an ...

These exacting requirements do not, however, preclude hospitals from being energy efficient. In fact, health care facilities are under increasing pressure to contain costs and to achieve an improved ...

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 ...

Many facilities built in the 1970s and ’80s continue to operate and maintain aging induction-based air conditioning units originally installed in each room or space. Not to be confused with fan-driven ...

Silvia Aparecida Corrêa Sanches, an administrative supervisor with 15 years of experience in the hospital sector, is leading the adoption of continuous improvement methodologies—such as Lean Six Sigma ...

When independent hospitals are acquired by multi-hospital health systems, they experience boosts to profitability and efficiency, according to a new study published in the Journal of Political Economy ...

WHITEHALL, Wis. (WEAU) - After breaking ground in February, construction is fully underway on Gundersen Tri-County’s new hospital in Whitehall. The facility will replace the current 60-year-old ...