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Can Boards Motivate More Attention to Clinical Quality?

May 2, 2017 by Editor

When Board members talk to me, they often say—when they are at social events in their towns or cities—they hear all of the negative stories. All of their neighbors and the people at the cocktail parties will come up and say…(Read More)

Key Skills for Effective Healthcare Service Line Leaders – Part 2

April 7, 2017 by Editor

Part II of our Service Line Management (SLM) series describes the key skills for effective service line leadership: creating a vision, collaboration, and building relationships…(Read More)

How to Identify Potentially Preventable Readmissions

April 3, 2017 by Editor

Each year, roughly 2 million patients are readmitted to healthcare organizations, costing Medicare $27 billion. Of that amount, $17 billion is spent on readmissions which could be classified as potentially avoidable…(Read More)

Expert Insights Top Ten Stories for 2016

December 15, 2016 by Editor

Top posts for the year cover; TJC Safer Matrix, EMTALA, Hospital Utilization Management Committee, CMS Immediate Jeopardy, CMS Decertification, Behavioral Health in the ED, Interim Healthcare Leaders, Tackling Quality Projects, Behaviorl Health Plan of Care…(Read More)

The Hospital Utilization Management Committee (UMC) – CMS Condition of Participation (CoPS) Requirement

October 5, 2016 by Editor

Did you know that, almost hidden away in the Conditions of Participation, there is an oft-overlooked requirement that is ideal for increasing medical staff involvement and improving practice evaluation…(Read More)

Why is Generational Diversity in Hospitals & Health Systems an Important Issue?

August 15, 2016 by Christopher Martorella, MSN, RN, NEA-BC

Generational Diversity in Hospital and Healthcare Systems: What is it and why is it such a timely and important issue in healthcare? Christopher Martorella, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, of Compass Clinical Consulting, was the featured guest on Health Professional Radio Network, the #1 global online radio station for health professionals. Host Neal Howard and Mr…(Read More)

Nine Critical Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Healthcare Consultant

August 9, 2016 by Editor

A good consultant brings project management skills, technical expertise, and time to work on the project. The consultant brings an outsider’s perspective that isn’t blinded by the familiarity of the situation. Like an experienced technician, the consultant knows where to look to find the causes of the problem. Because the project is the…(Read More)

Part 2:Top 10 Things Healthcare Organizations Don’t Get Right in High-Level Disinfection and Sterilization

March 19, 2016 by Editor

Often, inpatient areas outside the main OR and sterilization processing department (SPD), clinics, and other outpatient areas process items—such a vaginal speculum or probes, ophthalmology and dental instruments, and other re-usable equipment—using steam sterilization or high-level disinfection that may not meet industry standards…(Read More)

Disinfection and Sterilization: The Top 10 Things Healthcare Organizations Don’t Get Right

March 18, 2016 by Editor

The spotlight is on sterilization and high-level disinfection (HLD) processes during accreditation surveys, and many organizations struggle with ensuring compliance in all areas across the organization. Often, inpatient areas outside…(Read More)

What’s an M & M Medical Conference?

March 10, 2016 by Lloyd A. Jacobs, M.D,

Medical errors are believed to cause as many as 400,000 deaths annually in the United States. Surgeons, of course, contribute to this number, perhaps disproportionately. Surgeons have had, however, for many decades a formal, regular exercise aimed, although it has not been so enunciated, at processing medical errors to (or “intending to”) avoid their…(Read More)

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