Tag: Benchmarking

Hospital consumer ranking systems based on faulty data

Editor's Note More transparency and validation are needed for consumer-based benchmarking methods, this study finds. Researchers evaluated differences between Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services measured rates of safety events for Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, and the US News & World Report determined patient safety scores. Discrepancies were found…

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By: Judy Mathias
October 11, 2016
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Mayo Clinic tops US News & World Report’s Best Hospitals list

Editor's Note US News & World Report on August 2 released it 27th Annual Best Hospitals list, which compares nearly 5,000 hospitals nationwide in 25 specialties, procedures, or conditions. The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is Number 1 this year, followed by the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, and the…

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By: Judy Mathias
August 2, 2016
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Benchmarking labor productivity: How is your OR being compared?

Productivity monitoring and management are near the top of the priority list for every perioperative nursing director. With 50% to 80% of a hospital’s costs in labor, staffing dollars are a big target for cost management. Some experts say hospitals and health systems will face budget cuts of 20% to…

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By: OR Manager
March 1, 2013
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New study benchmarks performance of ASCs

The impact of health care reform on ambulatory surgery centers (ASC)—like that on health care in general—is still uncertain. But plenty of other factors are at work that are likely to play a role in shaping the industry’s future. While the dramatic growth of the 1990s has largely abated, a…

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By: OR Manager
March 2, 2012
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AAMI offers benchmarking on sterile reprocessing

A new benchmarking tool from the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) will help sterile processing departments measure their performance with others across the country. Using the online tool, available by subscription, managers can fill out a survey of more than 130 benchmarking measures on topics such as…

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By: OR Manager
July 1, 2011
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VHA project improves OR processes

Getting patients through the surgical process smoothly is a continual quest. In a 6-month project, 29 hospitals in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, with coordination from the Indianapolis-based regional office of VHA Inc, worked on improving processes before, during, and after surgery. The group benchmarked on 11 indicators, showing small…

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By: OR Manager
November 1, 2007
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