Healthcare Benchmarks 1999 Index
Healthcare Benchmarks 1999 Index
Acute care
10 ANA quality indicators for acute care settings, DEC:138
Anesthesia
Association creates new standards for anesthesia, JULY:78
Asthma
Asthma care specialists improve outcomes, JULY:76
Asthma project cuts hospitalizations by 95%, JAN:10
Observation units better for acute asthmatics, FEB:15
Benchmarking techniques, strategies, sources
ADS centers test a new data set to improve care, NOV:123
AmeriNet offers outcomes data, MAY:59
Asthma care specialists improve outcomes, JULY:76
Asthma project cuts hospitalizations by 95%, JAN:10
Benchmarking: One of your CEO's favorite tools, FEB:20
Benchmarking saves hospital $1 million, FEB:22
Check out marketplace with these data sources, NOV:127
Don't skip crucial benchmarking step: Develop critical success indicators, MAY:50
Extra! Extra! Free data available on the Web, JUNE:61
Health care data file is available on Web site, APR:47
Hospitals improve service benchmarking with Disney, JAN:4
Is your benchmarking missing the mark? JUNE:68
MHA launches home care indicators, JAN:12
Two new benchmarking data sources available, DEC:140
OBSTAT: Benchmarking for improvement in obstetrics, AUG:90
Project Impact provides answers, AUG:91
Providers benchmark to reduce medication errors, JAN:5
Southern hospitals keep the heat on, JUNE:64
Survey shows hospitals are keeping costs down, MAR:34
10 ANA quality indicators for acute care settings, DEC:138
Top 100 hospitals form clinical research group, JUNE:67
Best practices
An ophthalmoscope that doesn't walk away, MAY:60
'Balanced Scorecard' helps fix Overlake strategic plan, SEPT:103
Children's death rates fall sharply in ICUs, MAR:36
Combination forms save time, minimize documentation errors, SEPT:107
Disease management firm's enrollment booms, JUNE:70
Doctors, county team up to offer free health care, JAN:7
Emergency info form aids special needs children, DEC:144
Form expedites medication problem reporting, AUG:94
Hospital cuts time on ventilators, ICU LOS, MAY:57
Hospital saves $1 million by outsourcing laundry, APR:42
No more double documentation, FEB:24
'No secrets' approach pays off in satisfaction, JULY:80
Nurses, patients benefit from evaluation process, APR:45
Study quantifies diabetes management outcomes, NOV:125
Try this multidisciplinary admission assessment tool, JUNE:72
When to call the doctor, MAR:36
Winning the war on waits, delays requires 'continuous flow' systems, JULY:73
Cardiovascular care
Cardiac database allows tracking, APR:48
CPCs serve to streamline chest pain evaluation, OCT:112
Long wait for angiography increases patient risk, OCT:115
Elderly patients fare slightly better with HMOs, DEC:142
Electronic records
Survey tracks electronic health records usage, DEC:136
Move to electronic health records will speed up considerably in next 2 years, DEC:133
Emergency department
Creativity catches on with ED staff, FEB:19
ED pledge: See doc in 30 minutes or visit is free, FEB:18
ED predictive instrument could save $700 million a year, FEB:15
ED slashes treatment time for heart attack drugs, FEB:16
Emergency info form aids special needs children, DEC:144
Examine your emergency department, stat! ED is key to hospital reputation, FEB:13
New ED test screens for drugs in less than five minutes, FEB:16
Observation units better for acute asthmatics, FEB:15
Generational issues
Aging boomers to cause health care havoc, NOV:130
Generational expert predicts empty beds, JAN:12
Geriatrics
Geriatric management improves care satisfaction, APR:48
Home care
Home health care industry braces for OASIS, AUG:89
MHA launches home care indicators, JAN:12
Hospitalists
Hospitalists: Do they represent a best practice for patients, SEPT:97
Very different hospitalist models deliver same outcomes' benefits, OCT:109
Infection control
ICU cuts hospital-acquired pneumonia by 43%, JAN:9
Procedure speeds up contact precautions, JULY:82
Use variety of methods in infection control training, OCT:114
Information management and technology
Decide to go on-line for the health of your business and your patients, MAR:25
Health care data file is available on Web site, APR:47
It's time to beef up your information security, MAR:31
Patients and physicians want to use e-mail to talk more, DEC:143
Provider-patient e-mail could transform medicine, MAY:53
10 Web Sites to Bookmark, MAR:28
Two health care providers conquer the Web, MAR:29
Web site offers database of national guidelines, MAR:30
Working your private Web: The ins and outs of intranets, AUG:85
Laboratory and radiology
Nutritional assessment cuts hospital costs, NOV:132
Managed care
Physicians vs. MCOs: Can they cooperate to improve care quality, NOV:121
SC starts on-line physician comparison data system, MAY:55
Trial, standard treatment costs comparable, AUG:95
Medication errors
Form expedites medication problem reporting, AUG:94
Providers benchmark to reduce medication errors, JAN:5
Outpatient ambulatory services
Personality disorder test takes only 5 minutes, OCT:118
Patient satisfaction
Can patients handle the truth? JULY:83
Consumers happier when their concerns are heard, JULY:84
Ready for the empowered consumer? Providers need retailer's attitude, JAN:1
Pediatrics
Emergency info form aids special needs children, DEC:144
Performance measures
Do report cards score with patients and doctors? SEPT:102
NCQA issues 2000 accreditation standards, NOV:130
Quality improvement processes
10 ANA quality indicators for acute care settings, DEC:138
Coaching the leader: First step in successful change, OCT:117
Foundation for change built on four cornerstones, AUG:92
JCAHO recognizes quality improvement leaders, APR:43
Learn how to aid organizational change, SEPT:105
Physicians vs. MCOs: Can they cooperate to improve care quality, NOV:121
Regulations
Association creates new standards for anesthesia, JULY:78
FDA petitioned on DEHP hazard, AUG:96
Home health care industry braces for OASIS, AUG:89
Koop panel: DEHP is not a threat, SEPT:108
OIG nixes gainsharing between hospitals, docs, OCT:119
On-line Medicare code compliance tool debuts, OCT:120
Nurse staffing law may herald benchmarks, DEC:137
Y2K
ECRI report offers help for Y2K contingency plans, MAY:59
FDA publishes checklist of Y2K high-risk devices, SEPT:99
FDA's List of Potentially High-risk Medical Devices, SEPT:101
Health Care Y2K resource available, MAY:60
Try some practical Y2K tips from the AMA, APR:41
When the new millennium rolls in, will your facility still be standing? APR:37
Will HCFA be able to pay up on Jan. 1, 2000? MAY:52
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