Patient Experience

A dose of feel-good to kick off the weekend.

A dose of feel-good to kick off the weekend.

The president of Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., says the hospital has been at capacity for several days after an increase in patients that started in February, according to a Citizen-Times report.

A dose of feel-good to kick off the weekend.

McDonald's may be on its way to overcoming — or at least to addressing — some of the health issues associated with its fast food. Yesterday, new McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook announced that within the next two years, the fast…

A dose of feel-good to kick off the weekend. Patients at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-All Saints hospital on Spring Street in Racine, Wis., have the opportunity to be game show contestants, right in the privacy of their own room, according to…

Here is your feel-good news story of the week.

In a meta-analysis of studies of emergency department discharges, Johns Hopkins' Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality have identified a framework of criteria for ED discharge, risk factors complicating discharge and…

Many patients leave the emergency department with limited knowledge of their conditions and care plans for home. That’s why following up with patients after they leave the ED is paramount to improving care plan compliance and reducing avoidable readmissions. In…

“No-shows,” that is, people who do not show up for scheduled procedures or cancel them at the last minute, can cost healthcare organizations millions of dollars annually. A Midwestern safety-net hospital recently reduced costly “no-show” appointments significantly while successfully engaging…