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Late Start Times in Operating Rooms (Part 2)
In the first edition of the series, we covered several potential reasons that OR start times get delayed. Nobody likes to wait, and when ORs are consistently lagging behind schedule, it often leads to increases in cost and decreases in revenue. But, every problem has...
Late Start Times in Operating Rooms (Part 1)
Nobody likes to wait. This can be especially true in hospitals where stress levels, fear and anxiety are often high. It goes without saying, but each hospital should be making active and consistent attempts to ensure their OR starts on time. First, let's take a look...
The Need for Price Transparency
Here are a couple of points in the name of price transparency for FY 2019 and beyond according to Becker's Hospital CFO Report. "5. Under CMS’s final inpatient payment rule for FY 2019, hospitals are required to publish a list of their standard charges online in a...
Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program: How YOUR Hospital’s Quality is Being Graded
Quality can be difficult to judge and determine. To use an example outside of healthcare, a gymnast or figure skater needs to know how the judges score and what they're looking for in order to perform well. In a similar way, hospitals need to know what Medicare is...
Physician Preference Items (Part 2)
In the first article in this series, we highlighted several important points about physician preference items, including issues, inefficiencies and discrepancies. Here, in part two, we'll discuss potential solutions. One study published by The Milbank Quarterly: A...
Physician Preference Items (Part 1)
A healthcare organization’s primary goal is to provide quality care to its patients. In order to accomplish this goal the organization must remain profitable, and in order to remain profitable an ongoing evaluation of spending must take place. Funding is absolutely...
Is Your GPO Partner Saving You Money or Just Replacing Your Staff?
This article was written by Lisa Miller. Your group purchasing organization (GPO) service is expected to find you cost-savings, but its bundled services and products could cost more than if you simply hired a full-time hospital staff. However, would an in-house staff...
10 Ways to Improve Hospital Margins
This article was written by Lisa Miller. One would think that patient care, employee performance and financial margins would reach optimal levels in the US if the US healthcare consumption represents 17.2% of its GDP, and yet, US health outcomes are worse here than in...
How Variables in Hospital Waste, Pricing and Usage Bring Cost-Saving Opportunities
This article was written by Lisa Miller. Too many hospitals struggle to control wasteful behavior, vague pricing structures and under-utilized resources that significantly affect their bottom-line. Many aren’t even aware that certain variables within these obstacles...
17 Obvious Ways to Improve Patient Experience in a Hospital Waiting Room
This article was written by Lisa Miller. Sometimes hospital visits take up half of a day with most of it spent waiting to see a doctor, and waiting without certain comforts can make a stressful situation even more stressful. Therefore, based on two decades of patient...
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