One institution's strategy for reducing patients' mechanical ventilation times after coronary artery bypass graft surgery suggests that departments can significantly reduce ventilation times without sacrificing patient outcomes, according to an Anesthesiology News report.
Patient Safety & Outcomes
Patient volume is one of the biggest challenges for catheterization labs, with 44.8 percent of lab leaders and staff citing it as the number one challenge in 2011 and 41.4 percent saying it will continue to be the biggest challenge…
Capacity management tools and real-time locating systems can help hospitals reduce infections from transport equipment such as wheelchairs, according to a TeleTracking blog.
Trauma centers save lives Serious injury is the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 1 and 44, and after cancer and the heart disease-stroke complex, injury results in the most years of life lost. Injury prevention…
Unsedated transnasal endoscopy may be a feasible, safe and well-tolerated method to screen for esophageal disease in a primary care population, according to an American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy release.
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Market forces in healthcare, such as managed care programs and hospital competition increase the likelihood patients will undergo laparoscopic surgery to treat colon cancer, according to researchers from George Washington University and Case Western University.
A higher total knee replacement caseload is associated with shorter lengths of stay, quicker operations and fewer complications, according to a study in Health Affairs.
Miami-based Jackson Health System CEO Carlos Migoya has said publicly that quality at Jackson Health System continues to improve despite recent layoffs of nearly 1,000 employees and allegations by union supporters that the staffing changes have affected care, according to…
To reduce healthcare spending, hospitals and health systems strive to reduce variation in the utilization of certain treatments and medical services. Verras has increased the consistency of utilization of a number of tools, including treatments for sepsis and pneumonia and…
Nurses at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey have developed a teaching method to improve patient safety for cancer patients in outpatient settings.