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Twice the Quality at Half the Price -- the NHS in the UK1 comment

qualityhealthcareplease wrote 1 week ago: How do the Brits do it?  They made a healthcare system with twice the quality at half the price comp … more →

Tags: Macro Economics, Restructuring Health Care, UK National Health Service, variations in care, accountable care organization, Aço, Cost Variation, DRG, England

Hospital Choice -- quality now, cost later

qualityhealthcareplease wrote 2 weeks ago: Denver Colorado is a metropolitan area with several hospitals so the city serves as good example of … more →

Tags: The Proactive Patient, Denver, Colorado, hospital selection, outcome, Process, whynotthebest.org

My "Rate My Hospital" Reaction

Leslee Thompson wrote 1 month ago: Following the public release of “Rate my hospital” report last week, I received the following questi … more →

Tags: Health Care Leadership, Personal Reflextion, hospital CEO, Quality Improvment Indicators Scorecard, CEO Bog

Hospital Quality Bomb -- behind the veil

qualityhealthcareplease wrote 1 month ago: When a headline reports a doctor did something bad at a hospital don’t you wonder what happene … more →

Tags: hospital quality, Peer Review

New Database Reveals Thousands of Hospital Violation Reports New Database Reveals Thousands of Hospital Violation Reports

Janice Flahiff wrote 2 months ago: Hospital (Photo credit: Ralf Heß)   From the March 20, 2013 State Line article   Hospitals … more →

Tags: Consumer Health, consumer safety, Educational Resources (Health Professionals), Educational Resources (High School/Early College(, Finding Aids/Directories, health AND statistics, Health Statistics, Librarian Resources, Association of Health Care Journalists

The Lucas critique and hospital quality

Sam Watson wrote 3 months ago: In 1976, Robert Lucas wrote a paper that articulated a common criticism of macroeconomic policy-maki … more →

Tags: Health Statistics and Econometrics, NHS, Health Economics, hospitals, Macroeconomics, hospital performance, Healthcare, Lucas Critique, microfoundations

Surgeon leaves 16 items in body!

informedpatientproject wrote 4 months ago: WOW!  We MUST ensure that healthcare improves. SCARY STORY! Read on the link below…   http://w … more →

Tags: Medical Errors, patient safety

Hospital performance bonuses- beyond the hype

rdquinn wrote 4 months ago: As part of Obamacare efforts to control costs the Department of HHS has a program to “reward … more →

Tags: Healthcare

Altarum Creates Framework for Employers to Improve Quality of Inpatient Care

Matt Roush wrote 5 months ago: ANN ARBOR — Coinciding with the release Wednesday of the fall 2012 results on www.HospitalSafe … more →

Tags: Tech, ann arbor, Altarum Institute, hospital safety score, Employer Strategies, Hospital Safety

Nurses' Assessment of Hospital Quality Often On the Button

Janice Flahiff wrote 7 months ago:   From the 8 October 2012 article at Science Daily A new study from the University of Pennsylva … more →

Tags: Health Care, Health Care Quality, Health Outcomes, Quality of Care, Nursing

Oregon hospitals recognized as top performers in the nation

Kennedy Soileau wrote 8 months ago: Five Oregon hospitals have been recognized as top performers in the nation by The Joint Commission, … more →

Tags: News, Awards & Recognitions, PeaceHealth, Tillamook County General Hospital, Willamette Valley Medical Center, Peace Harbor Hospital, McKenzie-Willamette Regional Medical Center, Adventist Health, Portland VA Medical Center

OM in the News: Quality Control in Intensive Care Units

Barry Render wrote 8 months ago: If you want an example of how the tools of OM can result in major improvements in the field of healt … more →

Tags: Chapter 6, OM In the News, Ch. 6, Checklists, Dr. Peter Pronovost, Intensive care unit

Case Model Illustration of a Six Sigma Healthcare Pioneer

Editors wrote 8 months ago: The Mount Carmel Health System By Mark Matthews MD A “Scrubbed” True Illustration One of … more →

Tags: iMBA Inc, Recommended Books, Quality Initiatives, Book Reviews, CMS, hcfa, mark matthews MD, A Six Sigma Healthcare Pioneer, mount carmel health system

Kerala govt to ink pact with London-based NICE to revitalize health sector in the state

valueaddedblog wrote 9 months ago: Kerala govt to ink pact with London-based NICE to revitalize health sector in the state August 22, 2 … more →

Tags: Healthcare Industry Updates in India, Clinical Establishments Act, kerala hospitals, Nice

How Do You Measure Quality?4 comments

Alicia Beardsley wrote 9 months ago: What makes your health care, “quality” health care? While I was writing my post the othe … more →

Tags: Health Care Views and Opinions, health, Health Care, Quality, Medicaid, Health Care Quality, care, Quality of Care, HMO

Good OM Reading: Big Medicine vs. The Cheesecake Factory

Barry Render wrote 9 months ago: It was back in January, 2011 that we blogged about Dr. Atul Gawande’s excellent book on health … more →

Tags: What We are Reading 2, Chapter 6, Ch. 6, Dr. Atul Gawande, big med, Cheesecake Factory

Essential Standards for Medical Laboratories in India - Program by QCI & NABH in Hyderabad on 15th July 2012

valueaddedblog wrote 10 months ago: Program Schedule for Quality Control Cum Awareness Program for Private Medical Laboratories QCI … more →

Tags: Laboratory Quality, Events, nabh, QCI, Biorad, NABH Med Lab, Labs in Hyderabad, nabl, NABH Workshop

Medical Errors and Litigations are they preventable?

valueaddedblog wrote 10 months ago: Source:(http://www.asianhhm.com) Medical Errors and Litigations are they preventable? The number of … more →

Tags: Healthcare Industry Updates in India, patient safety, Risk Management, Medical Errors, medi, Medico Legal Cases

Hospital readmission rates linked to availability of care, socioeconomics

Janice Flahiff wrote 1 year ago: From the 11 May 2012 Eureka News Alert American Heart Association meeting report – Abstract 12 … more →

Tags: Health Care, Medicare, hospital comparisons, readmission rates, hospital readmissions


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