1. Lurie Children’s Hospital Admissions Up 6% in First Year With New Name, Building
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago saw a 15 percent increase in its operating revenue during the first fiscal year after its high-profile relocation.
2. 32 Organizations Participating in IHI’s Joint Replacement Collaborative
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement and Harvard Business School created a new initiative that will focus on lowering costs and improving health outcomes associated with knee and hip replacements. Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago is participating.
3. Study: Text Messaging Cost-Saving, Effective Way to Increase Patient Engagement, Improve Outcomes
The University of Chicago Medicine saw improvements in gylcemic control, user satisfaction and resource utilization after implementing a text message-based monitoring program for the organization’s diabetic employees.
4. Chicago Hospitals See Big Investment Returns
Investment returns helped bolster the incomes of Chicago-area hospitals in 2013, but hospitals shouldn’t necessarily opt for riskier investments that promise better results, according to Adam Lynch, a vice president at Chicago-based Principle Valuation, a healthcare appraisal firm.
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