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Four Steps to Improving Healthcare Quality Quality Digest

WebFour steps to applying a combined proactive and reactive approach. Step one: Analyze current position on two-axes diagram. Initially the organization should …

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Putting the ‘Continuous’ Back into Health Care Improvement

WebWhen kaizen was introduced to the health care industry 20 years ago, the emphasis was on continuous improvement and changing the culture. There was no …

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Performance Measurement in Health Care Quality Digest

WebA brief look at the evolution of quality in modern health care systems may help understand the need to improve performance measurement. More than 30 years …

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How Healthcare Software Development Enhances the Medical …

WebHealthcare software automates manual processes, quickly processes huge amounts of data, and optimizes the management of administrative, financial, legal, and …

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How the Mayo Clinic Built Its Reputation As a Top Hospital

WebFounded more than a century ago by two brothers in the rural Midwest, the Mayo Clinic has built a world-renowned reputation as an exemplary network of clinics …

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Quality Improvement in the Emergency Department

WebQuality improvement initiatives are a mainstay for hospital care teams. They can also offer a fresh approach for raising patient satisfaction scores. To achieve …

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Four Reasons Why Healthcare Facilities Struggle With Clinical …

WebHealthcare facilities struggle with clinical asset management in four fundamental ways. 1. Inventory visibility is inadequate. Challenges with clinical asset …

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How to Improve Biomed Technicians’ Quality of Life

WebAutomated test equipment. Another way to make BMETs’ jobs more efficient and less time-consuming is through automated testing equipment. Health systems …

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Using Quality Improvement Tools as Part of a Pandemic Flu Plan

WebA. n emergency response organization differs substantially from our usual public health organization for day-to-day business. However, as the spring 2009 H1N1 …

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Why Manufacturers Are Integrating EHS and Quality

WebRecognizing the connection between quality and safety, many companies are now adopting integrated environment, health, safety, and quality (EHSQ) platforms. This …

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‘No Harm Campaign’ Improves Quality and Saves Lives

WebA s a 2011 recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit has achieved recognition as a top-performing …

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A Guideline for Quality Accreditation in Hospitals

WebHospital accreditation has been defined as “A self-assessment and external peer assessment process used by health care organizations to accurately assess their …

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How Medical Equipment Management Can Make or Break a System

WebThe BMET can then alert clinicians and quickly make the repair during a break between patients or another convenient time before the device becomes unusable. This …

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Lean Six Sigma Applications in Healthcare Quality Digest

WebLean Six Sigma has already been very successful in many healthcare organizations. For example, a hospital was averaging 90 minutes to complete the …

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The Best Ways to Keep Hospital Patients Safe Quality Digest

WebGallup has studied human nature and behavior for more than 70 years. Gallup’s reputation for delivering relevant, timely, and visionary research on what people around the world …

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Using Takt Time in Healthcare Quality Digest

WebWe can look at the average demand by week, day, and shift and calculate a takt time for each period. The weekly takt time is calculated as follows: Available time = 7 …

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Structured Decision Making Quality Digest

WebThe approach described is called Structured Decision Making, a distinctly pragmatic label given to ways for helping individuals and groups think through tough …

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Integrating and Standardizing QMS, EMS, and OHSMS …

WebThe primer’s appendix shows that most of the requirements of QMS, EMS, and OHSMS can be satisfied by approximately 40 to 50 processes in an organization. …

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Medical Lab Staffing Shortages Have Reached the Breaking Point

WebOne often-cited reason for staffing shortages in the medical laboratory profession is low salaries. The Bureau of Labor and Statistics shows that a registered …

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NCQA Certifies Eight Software Vendors Quality Digest

WebRSS. (NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance recently announced the certification of eight leading software vendors for their …

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News in Quality Digest

WebBaldrige Winners Recognized On Feb. 25 in a ceremony in Washington, President Clinton and Commerce Secretary William Daley presented the 1999 Malcolm Baldrige National …

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Books: "The Rudolph Factor" -- Bright Lights that Drive Innovation

Web(John Wiley & Sons Inc.: Hoboken, NJ) -- The Age of Innovation is here. Without a culture of innovation, you will not stay on top for long. And when you throw the stalled economy …

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