Community Hospitals

Administrator boosts revenues, cut costs.
Same-Day Surgery; 1/1/2010; 894 words; ...the same care at the hospital," Stilley says...300% more at the hospital." When the officials said the hospitals are providing a community benefit, Stilley responded...Stilley worked in a hospital, there were about five...

Emergency departments post wait times on the web.
ED Management; 1/1/2010; 896 words; ...competition of the other hospital changed many peoples' perspectives...Cresci, "So I called the hospitals in Scottsdale to talk to...that one of the Sacred Heart hospitals had been open only for about a year, and the newer hospital was being overwhelmed with...the way was to educate the ...

Discharge often difficult at children's hospitals.
Hospital Case Management; 1/1/2010; 1089 words; ...are cases where no post-hospital care can be worked out very...children sometimes stay in the hospital a few extra days," she...one of the situations where hospitals and discharge planners cannot...Children can languish in the hospital while medical providers cope...plenty of cultural and ethnic ...

Studies show decrease in senior care continuity.
Hospital Case Management; 1/1/2010; 1164 words; ...reimbursed If the discharge planning community's ideal is to begin the discharge...patients are admitted to the hospital, then community provider input is necessary...once they've returned to the community, Sharma adds. "That's where...

Going green can help environment, boost your facility's bottom line.
Same-Day Surgery; 1/1/2010; 1664 words; ...improve their image in the community, according to Practice Green...culture." At Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI, surgery...been leaders in making the hospital environmentally friendly for...saving the environment." Hospital saves $410,000 annually...