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Lean model saves hospital system millions
How did the number one ranking academic medical center in patient survival save $46 million in financial benefits last year? Denver Health has committed to 400 rapid-improvement projects and
Health system giants launch collaborative to raise quality, cut costs
A group of high-profile healthcare systems are not waiting around for the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to tell them what works in terms of improving quality and reducing costs.
GAO: EHRs improve care coordination, quality at large health systems
EHRs can, in fact, improve the quality of care, at least at large, integrated delivery systems, says a new report from the Government Accountability Office. But even major provider organizations
How lean management helped hospitals avoid layoffs
Despite the common allegation that lean improvement methods, based on the Toyota production system, must lead to layoffs at hospitals or health systems, the reality is quite different at several
Quality benefits of health IT often hard to quantify in ROI calculations
This story should surprise nobody who's ever struggled with higher-ups to get approval for health IT investment: It's often difficult to calculate return on investment from a purely financial
SPOTLIGHT: Davies Public Health Awards
The Infectious Disease Bureau of the Boston Public Health Commission and the Denver Public Health Information Service have won 2009 Davies Public Health Awards of Excellence, HIMSS announced this
'Most Wired' find ways to cope in bad economy
A common characteristic among this year's list of "100 Most Wired" healthcare provider organizations is the ability to forge ahead with IT projects in the face of economic turmoil, a lengthy to-do
