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Nurses Rap About Hand Hygiene in Mass General CampaignHospitals commonly display visual aids—including banners, posters, and signs—to remind staff to practice proper hand hygiene, but nurses in Massachusetts General Hospital's same day surgery unit may have found a more memorable way to get the message across: creating a rap video. [ Read More]
Prevention Cuts May Be Costing Hospitals in Long RunFaced with shrinking bottom lines, many hospitals have recently been paring back their infection prevention programs. However, these short-term solutions may be costing them more in terms of costly hospitalizations related to infections, according to a survey by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. [ Read More]
Most Hospitals Working Toward Creating Strong Cultures of SafetyBuilding and maintaining a culture of safety has become a key part of a patient safety program. Since the Institute of Medicine's To Err is Human was published 10 years ago, the healthcare industry has made a concerted effort to focus more energy on creating systems by which patients are kept more safe, and staff members are set up to succeed. [ Read More]
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| Fox Chase Cancer Center Case Study: Digital Signage Positively Impacts Care, Vericom. |
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Cash for Computers
| With an incentive to invest in IT, executives need to determine if this offer is the kind of help that they are prepared to accept. [Read More] |
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Simpler Surgeries, Complex Market
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Technological advances have impact beyond the OR, affecting market trends and hospital-physician alignment. [Read More] |
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Leaders Forum
OR Management—It's the Variability: By actively managing surgical volume, hospitals can improve patient flow and quality of care throughout the organization, says contributor Christy Dempsey. [Read More]
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Audio Feature
Physician and hospital leaders from the joint replacement service line discuss how the changing healthcare landscape will affect hospital and physician partnerships toward quality improvement. [Listen Now]
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