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“Hospital Near-Death Experience: How Medicare Termination Can Push Your Hospital to the Brink of Closing” is the story of one hospital that went through…

This whitepaper explores some of the accreditation options available to hospitals— including TJC, HFAP, DNV GL, and CIHQ—paying close attention to the philosophies of…

Though interim healthcare executives and clinical directors are often brought in when vacancies arise, many hospitals also choose to use these experienced leaders to drive…

In our educational series Profiles in Healthcare Leadership, we share unique approaches for running successful hospitals. This Profile features R. Edward Howell, CEO of University…

In this Profile in Healthcare Leadership, “Building the Will to Quality Care,” Maureen Bisognano shares practical and aspirational concepts about Board leadership and engagement to…

In our educational series called Profiles in Healthcare Leadership, we share some unique approaches for running successful hospitals. The successes of our first Profile feature…

In our educational series Profiles in Healthcare Leadership, we share unique approaches for running successful hospitals. This Profile features Peter S. Fine, FACHE, Chief Executive…

In our educational series Profiles in Healthcare Leadership, we share unique approaches for running successful hospitals. This Profile features Dennis Vonderfecht, President and CEO of…

Read how Mr. Peter Fine used innovation and transparency to transform this once-struggling system of hospitals into a forward-thinking, profitable healthcare quality company…

An 800+ bed hospital in the South was experiencing significant leadership changes, including the transition of an interim Chief Executive Officer, Chief Nursing Officer, and…

One mid-sized medical center contacted Compass Clinical Consulting after operating without an Infection Preventionist for four months. Due to this prolonged vacancy, the medical…

Operational and leadership issues at one 274-bed inpatient psychiatric hospital in the Southeast had been emerging slowly over several years. Eventually, critical patient incidents…

Immediately, the Interim encountered a conflict: the hospital’s traditional physician culture. Initially, the medical director was not the most collaborative leader, making decisions regarding…

The hospital changed reporting relationships within the department, making it easier for the ED’s medical director to manage physician performance, recruit, and use data…

Better evaluation of cases lead to a higher level of reimbursement and significantly shorter stays. Most strikingly, the hospital was able to dramatically improve its…

A Texas not-for-profit health system with 12 acute care hospitals needed to improve the environment of care for behavioral health patients in the…

Compass Clinical Consulting worked with leadership of a Southeast health system to improve care for behavioral health patients in the Emergency Department. During the engagement…

Compass Clinical educational presentations provide strategies and real-world examples of how to advance patient care, improve operational performance, and help your organization keep up…

In one mid-sized regional medical center in the Southeast, poor executive and Board oversight, declining financial performance, and damaged relations with nursing and medical…

After its acquisition of two smaller hospitals in its metropolitan market, a four-hospital, Midwestern health system recognized the need to assess emerging strategic and…

Operational and management changes resulted in dramatic improvements over this six-month period. Despite a slight increase in surgical volume, there was a 30% increase…

Interim Cardiovascular Service Line Performance Improvement A 250-bed hospital in the South found itself facing a vacancy in the leadership of its cardiovascular service…

turnaround times for compete blood count and renal testing—which had been 70 and 25 minutes above baseline expectations, respectively—became much quicker, falling to…

The interim’s changes to the formulary saved $700,000 for the hospital. Increased operational efficiency led to lower labor costs, as the Pharmacy department…

An urban medical center in the Midwest was experiencing turmoil in its Anesthesia department. The organization was employing too many anesthesiologists, and as a result…

The OR at one 318-bed community hospital in the Mid-Atlantic was experiencing turmoil. Unstable leadership and employee turnover had led to low morale…

Case Management Assessment changes improves hospital reimbursement and reduced its length of stay from 4.8 days to 3.6 days, leading to dramatic reductions…