Technology. Finding funding.
As they grapple with deploying expensive information technology systems, small and rural hospitals are looking for creative financing, including sharing the burden with larger organizations.
Diffusion of Innovation↗
Biomedical subjects
Lee Ann Runy
Publications and source records attributed to Lee Ann Runy.
Many barriers prevent patients from getting medical care.
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Adult↗
Nurse retention: an executive's guide to keeping one of your hospital's most valuable resources.
Our executive guide outlines the five characteristics of a successful retention program, illustrates the nine principles of a helpful work environment and provides case studies of hospitals that found effective ways to encourage nurses to remain on the job.
Adult↗
The data page. Americans unaware of health care disparities.
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Black or African American↗
Data page. Outpatient services and ED visits continue to climb.
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Bed Occupancy↗
Clinical observation units.
Clinical observation units are emerging as a solution to such pressing problems as crowded emergency departments and a lack of inpatient beds. One proponent says the units "allow clinicians to provide care better, cheaper and faster".
Clinical Protocols↗
Data page. Patient rooms come of age.
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Health Care Surveys↗
The diversity factor. Is your hospital doing all it can do to address its various patient populations?
What are the barriers to culturally competent health care? How can you collect data to help overcome disparities? How do four hospitals set the standard for meeting this imperative?
Attitude of Health Personnel↗
Data page. What the future holds.
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Attitude of Health Personnel↗
The data page. Real emergencies.
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Emergencies↗
Debt financing: an executive's guide.
Debt financing can be a critical source of capital for not-for-profit hospitals. This gatefold outlines six steps toward effective debt financing, describes the various types of nontraditional and traditional debt and shows how two hospitals approached debt financing.
Capital Expenditures↗
Data page. Physician use of EMRs is growing.
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Attitude of Health Personnel↗
The American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize 2006 winner. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Aiming to be 'the best at getting better'.
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American Hospital Association↗
Data page. Code red: another staffing shortage.
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Data Collection↗
Infection control. They need to know.
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Cross Infection↗
Data page. Staffing woes, ambulance diversions lead to longer ED wait times.
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Ambulances↗
Data page: patient safety & governance.
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Governing Board↗