Hospital Management

The New Frontier of Patient Safety: Patient and Family Respect & Engagement

Hospital Management, Patient Safety, The Business of Surgery /

One of the important breakout sessions during the AHA Leadership Summit was “Redesigning Care–A New Playbook to Improve Quality, Safety and Patient-Centered Care”. The session was led by Kenneth Sands, MD of Beth Israel Deaconess, Peter Pronovost, MD (Johns Hopkins Hospital), Hildy Schell-Chaple of UCSan Francisco Hospital and Patricia Dykes, PhD Of Brigham and Women’s […]

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Daily Dose: CMS Audit Recovers $700M of Improper Payments

Hospital Finance, Hospital Management, Regulatory Compliance, Revenue Cycle, The Business of Surgery /

With the close of the fiscal year quarter, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has again released statistics for the amount of overpayments and underpayments. The latest report shows that the trend continues to point upward, as CMS has once again corrected more improper payments than the previous quarter, this time to the tune

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Massachusetts General Shares Keys To Success at RFID in Healthcare 2012

Clinical Documentation, Hospital Finance, Hospital Management, Operational Efficiency, Radiology, Revenue Cycle, The Business of Surgery /

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a 1,000-bed teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, and recent recipient of the #1 ranking in US News & World Reports 2012 Best Hospitals is expanding its use of radio frequency identification for surgical supply & implant tracking. Robert M. Sheridan, the director of interventional radiology spoke about the key decisions

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"The Case for RFID & Lean Supply Management" AVIR Conference March 25, 2012

Big Data, Clinical Documentation, Cost Reduction, Hospital Finance, Hospital IT, Hospital Management, Operational Efficiency, The Business of Surgery /

Mobile Aspects is proud to have been in attendance at this year’s AVIR (Association of Vascular and Interventional Radiographers) conference in San Francisco, CA.  2012 marked Mobile Aspects’ first appearance at the AVIR Annual Conference as we supported Robert Sheridan of Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA), during his presentation to fellow AVIR members about RFID

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Advocacy Group Calls for Hospitals to Make Joint Commission Compliance Available to Public

Hospital Management, Joint Commission, Regulatory Compliance, The Business of Surgery /

This post by Cheryl Clarke of Health Leaders Media sheds some interesting light on the future level of transparency Hospitals may be required to make public.  Chief among concerns seems to be from patients who are ultimately affected by a hospitals failure to follow compliance guidelines as well as way to prove guidelines were followed,

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RFID Enabled Clinical Resource Management Solution Featured in Journal of the American College of Radiology Independent Research Study

Clinical Documentation, Hospital Finance, Hospital Management, Operational Efficiency, Radiology, Revenue Cycle, The Business of Surgery /

The March issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) features a non sponsored independent research study conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital.  The article titled: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for Inventory Management in Neurointerventional Practice, seeks to highlight potential financial advantages, benefits to quality and safety as well as increases in staff

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The Top 5 Reasons Your Hospital’s Operating Room is Leaking Cash

Clinical Documentation, Hospital Finance, Hospital Management, Operating Rooms, Operational Efficiency, Revenue Cycle, The Business of Surgery /

1) Missed charges: Hospitals with traditional paper based logging systems typically miss charges on upwards of 30% of total billable items used in cases.  Even more interesting is the fact that hospitals with bar code-based inventory management systems have not solved this problem.  Massachusetts General Hospital was actually able to achieve a 20% increase in

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5 Steps To a Lean Hospital

Big Data, Clinical Documentation, Cost Reduction, Hospital Finance, Hospital IT, Hospital Management, Operational Efficiency, The Business of Surgery /

The main guiding principle to Lean Healthcare enabled through technology is to create the right value for our patients, colleagues, physicians and organization as a whole with minimum effort. Simply put,  work smarter, not harder and with a value driven sense of purpose. Everyone should be aware of how their part ties into the organization

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Lean Resource Management Tip #1: How To Get 4X More Value Out of Your Value Analysis Team

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A Value over Volume Approach Most Healthcare organizations non-salary expense initiatives are focused on lowering the price of the products, services and technologies that they are purchasing. However a word of caution, you are working harder and receiving much less than some of your peers are. It seems our industry has always been so focused

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