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Learn how PeaceHealth partnered with Quest Diagnostics to successfully build a laboratory stewardship program. They’ll discuss how the program improved patient care and share their accomplishments in the first three years of implementing this program. Find out how they worked with key stakeholders…
In this Advancing Health podcast, Thomas Haederle discusses the pandemic's profound impact on CMS's Hospital Quality Measurement and Value programs.
Find out how Beebe Healthcare’s inpatient virtual care program enabled it to streamline nursing processes, improve patient throughput, build long-term patient engagement and more. 
This article covers implicit bias on a basic level, noting its role in policies and patient care while beginning to look at ways to reduce implict bias.
Action Planning is a critical step in collectively advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, etc.) in hospitals and health care systems. This Transformation Action Planner is for hospitals at Transforming on the Culturally Appropriate Patient Care continuum.
Action Planning is a critical step in collectively advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, etc.) in hospitals and health care systems. This Transformation Action Planner is for hospitals at Affirming on the Culturally Appropriate Patient Care continuum.
Action Planning is a critical step in collectively advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, etc.) in hospitals and health care systems. This Transformation Action Planner is for hospitals at Committing on the Culturally Appropriate Patient Care continuum.
Action Planning is a critical step in collectively advancing equity and dismantling structural barriers (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, etc.) in hospitals and health care systems. This Transformation Action Planner is for hospitals at Exploring on the Culturally Appropriate Patient Care continuum.
The AHA Dec. 29 sent a letter to UnitedHealthcare expressing concern over the carrier’s decision to change its coverage criteria for emergency-level care, as well as requesting that the plan rescind this new policy. UHC will begin reviewing claims starting Jan. 1 for emergency services to evaluate…
Intake processes have become a challenge for hospitals that are managing surges in demand while navigating registration woes and severe staff shortages.