Minneapolis, Minn.-based Allina Health cut its overall length of stay across 12 hospitals by a collective total of 10% over a one-year period. The average amount of time a patient waited to be discharged from an Allina hospital into a long-term care se…
Two Texas pediatric hospitals — Children’s Medical Center Dallas and Children’s Medical Center Plano — have been granted level I and level II surgery center designations from the American College of Surgeons.
Every year, Banner Health’s senior leadership team and board of directors decide on systemwide initiatives across a plethora of areas, from infection prevention work to customer experience. Leaders told Becker’s the key to success is sustaining momentu…
NYC Health + Hospitals has opened applications for a year-long post-residency opportunity for graduates seeking administrative roles, it announced June 13.
As healthcare changes, what patients need from providers and hospitals is changing too and largely to do with communication, according to the 2024 National Consumer Healthcare Survey from healthcare consulting firm Jarrard.
The nation’s aging population and rising prevalence of comorbidities will worsen emergency department bottlenecks and lengthen inpatient days by 9% within the next 10 years, according to Vizient experts.
By 2034, the rate of inpatient bariatric surgeries will drop 15%, according to a June 10 Vizient report.
Similar to how clinicians routinely ask patients about their alcohol intake, UCLA researchers said health systems should also assess patients’ cannabis use.
Indianapolis-based Roudebush VA Medical Center has suspended operations in its sterile processing department as it investigates issues related to the proper sterilization of surgical instruments. In the meantime, the facility is relying on other VA hos…
The Joint Commission’s Direct Data Submission Platform will now allow accredited organizations that meet certain requirements to resubmit performance measurement data, the organization announced May 22.
