The healthcare reform law has created an impetus for hospitals to improve efficiencies, squeezing as much waste out of their processes as possible, while improving quality. As part of the Patient ...

The Lown Institute Hospitals Index named the top 10 hospitals for cost efficiency. The institute used clinical outcomes and cost Medicare fee-for-service claims for patients hospitalized from 2020 to ...

The assessment of hospital efficiency and performance evaluation remains a critical issue in healthcare systems worldwide. Researchers have long sought to develop robust models that both quantify ...

These exacting requirements do not, however, preclude hospitals from being energy efficient. In fact, health care facilities are under increasing pressure to contain costs and to achieve an improved ...

A New Jersey-based hospital has repurposed emergency department staff to improve efficiency. An initiative launched in January has significantly improved efficiency at Cooperman Barnabas Medical ...

Many facilities built in the 1970s and ’80s continue to operate and maintain aging induction-based air conditioning units originally installed in each room or space. Not to be confused with fan-driven ...

Patient care and outcomes are more important today than ever before. This is because patients not only have higher expectations but there is also an increasing complexity of healthcare needs with an ...

When independent hospitals are acquired by multi-hospital health systems, they experience boosts to profitability and efficiency, according to a new study published in the Journal of Political Economy ...

Emergency departments (EDs) across the country are facing unprecedented challenges. Visit numbers continue to rise — along with patient complexity — resulting in crowding and longer wait times. 1 As a ...

WHITEHALL, Wis. (WEAU) - After breaking ground in February, construction is fully underway on Gundersen Tri-County’s new hospital in Whitehall. The facility will replace the current 60-year-old ...

Centro Hospitalar de Entre Douro e Vouga has deployed a management system from Polytex that provides a view into the access, use and return of its textiles with UHF RFID cabinets, antennas and ...