Every document matters to a hospital. A piece of paper or an image of a document matters to patients and clinicians because it affects the quality of care provided. Documents matter to hospitals ...

Due to changing conditions in the healthcare environment, many hospitals believe it is time that they move away from independence and toward some form of a transaction. A transaction has the potential ...

Improving efficiency is complex and requires a multimodal approach. Health information systems, patient feedback, and multidisciplinary teams are components that can improve clinical processes.

As much as hospital executives would like to bill their patients quickly, healthcare’s billing processes are complicated and ...

On January 13, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new streamlined survey and certification process for psychiatric hospitals as part of the agency’s “Patients over ...

LIFE St. Mary, a hospital in the Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic health system, had a manual process to request medication refills and fill pillboxes. The pharmacy was not integrated with the electronic ...

Brooks-TLC Hospital System has begun reaching out to the community for their input on how best to reuse Brooks Memorial Hospital when it is replaced by a new hospital. With a new hospital in the works ...