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Clinical Care
How You Can Curb Postoperative Delirium
For patients at high risk of postoperative delirium, interventions include medication management and family education.
Innovation
Fitbit Shows Length-of-Stay Benefits in Every 100 Steps After Surgery
For every 100 steps taken the day after surgery, up to 1,000 steps, Cedars-Sinai researchers found that patients decreased their...
Clinical Care
How Kaiser Permanente Regionalized Lung Surgery
The California-based health system shifted serious lung cancer surgery to five centers of excellence.
Clinical Care
Mandatory Bundled Payments Cut Spending $800 Per Joint
A decrease in utilization of postacute care facilities accounted for most of the reduced spending on hip and knee replacement...
Clinical Care
Two New Lawsuits Allege Surgical Errors During Heart Transplants at St. Luke's in Houston
In one case, a patient claims a surgeon sewed a major vein closed, causing blood to back up in his...
Coordinated Health, CEO Pay $12.5M to Resolve Fraud Allegations
Prosecutors allege that the Pennsylvania-based, for-profit health system improperly unbundled claims billed to Medicare and other government payers in order...
Clinical Care
Novant CMO Draws From His Aerospace Background to Reduce Patient Harm
The physician executive's goals for the CMO role include fostering a high-reliability approach to care and using artificial intelligence to...
Strategy
Sales Reps May Be Wearing Out Their Welcome In The Operating Room
Critics of the practice say that device reps attend surgeries to strengthen their relationships with particular surgeons and thereby persuade...
Clinical Care
As St. Luke's Heart Program Faltered, Deaths After Liver and Lung Transplants Also Ticked Upward
Some patients and family members who came to the Houston hospital for liver and lung transplants have complained about the...
Clinical Care
As Houston Methodist's Lung Program Grew, So Did Its Rate of Failed Transplants
After becoming the nation's busiest lung transplant program six years ago, the hospital scaled back the number and difficulty of...
Finance
How Gundersen Harnessed Data to Reduce Orthopedic Costs
The La Crosse, Wisconsin-based system implemented a new initiative to enhance its cost savings and improve quality outcomes.
Clinical Care
One Twin's Difficult Birth Puts A Project Designed To Reduce C-Sections To The Test
To avoid unnecessary C-sections when what to do isn't clear, this hospital has changed the way labor and delivery is...