Developing Healthcare

How did Michigan hospitals save over 2,000 lives as well as $300 million dollars? They implemented a pioneering, patient care program to increase safety, quality and efficiency. Since 2003, the Michigan Health and Hospital Association (MHA) Keystone Center, a program designed to put evidence-based initiatives into practice has been doing exactly that. Of the 6 [...]

With uncompensated care, low Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements and incredibly large overhead costs, emergency departments (EDs) are one of the costliest sectors of a hospital. Likewise, the number of hospital based emergency departments decreased by 27% from 1989 to 2009 according to the American Medical Association. To cope with high costs and a demand for [...]

As a source of high patient volume as well as anxiety, creating a high quality, safe, uninterrupted and efficient emergency department is an important goal for any hospital. With the amount of emergency department visits steadily increasing across the years, health systems may choose several options for overcrowding assistance. Among them are to build new, [...]

Two reoccurring themes were heard at the Bisnow Dallas Healthcare Real Estate Summit – satellite clinics and consolidation of health systems. Each of these issues ties directly with healthcare reform requirements and implementation. Hospitals are on the offensive as healthcare reform transforms the healthcare landscape into a more efficient industry. A satellite emergency clinic typically [...]

I was reading Trustee Magazine the other day and saw an article about healthcare reform’s impact on hospitals’ emergency rooms and could not have agreed more. The article, written by Randy Edwards, covered an array of topics, but the two I found most on par with my experience were how the expansion of healthcare will [...]

Emergency rooms waiting times are known for being long and with average wait times to see a doctor around an hour according to a 2008 National Health Statistics Report, it is no surprise that patients suffering from any kind of symptoms find the wait difficult. Easing patient tension is a common concern for any hospital [...]