HMC Connections - Current Articles

[...] Quint Studer, writing in Becker’s Hospital Review, tells smaller community hospitals that their patients know they care, but can question their skill set. Prevent out-migration [...]

[...] Bigger challenges and fewer resources mean that community hospitals are ripe for innovation. Check out three ways these hospitals improved care! [...]

Addressing patient fear is a huge component, if not the core component of the patient experience. Memorial Hospital and Health System in South Bend IN [...]

[...] HCAHPS scores are just the first step. Innovative hospitals dig deeper to understand nuances of patient [...]

[...] Addressing patient fear is a huge component, if not the core component of the patient experience. Memorial Hospital and Health System in South Bend IN, did a survey of patients anxiety [...]

HCAHPS scores are just the first step. Innovative hospitals dig deeper to understand nuances of patient satisfaction. [...]

[...] Rewards, are inserting themselves into population health care. What is the impact for healthcare providers? [...]

[...] document their wishes and save their loved ones the uncertainty of not knowing. And, end-of-life healthcare costs are among the lowest in the country. [...]

To generate cost savings, providers must drill deep into operations, challenge convention, and design new care models that will continue to produce hi [...]

[...] This NPR report describes how Gundersen Lutheran Health System in La Crosse, Wisconsin engaged patients in preparing advanced directives. 96% of [...]

How global networking and technical connectivity of ideas and insights from other industries and societies will benefit us all. [...]

[...] cost savings, providers must drill deep into operations, challenge convention, and design new care models that will continue to produce high-quality care, but at much lower cost. Driving this [...]

[...] Monadnock Community Hospital has saved over $1M per year with its five-year, hospital-wide lean initiative. [...]