Hospital Administration - Administration News & Articles

1 Financial Impact of Population Health Management Programs: Reevaluating the Literature Population Health Management, May 22, 2012

2 A Two-Compartment Mixed-Effects Gamma Regression Model for Quantifying Between-Unit Variability in Length of Stay among Children Admitted to Intensive Care Health Services Research, May 22, 2012

3 The effects of a ‘discharge time-out’ on the quality of hospital discharge summaries Quality & Safety in Health Care, May 22, 2012

4 Identifying and categorising patient safety hazards in cardiovascular operating rooms using an interdisciplinary approach: a multisite study Quality & Safety in Health Care, May 21, 2012

5 Clinical Quality Performance in U.S. Health Centers Health Services Research, May 18, 2012

6 Factors associated with potentially preventable hospitalization among nursing home residents in new york state with chronic kidney disease Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, May 18, 2012

7 Improving Direct-Care Compensation in Nursing Homes: Medicaid Wage Pass-through Adoption, 1999 – 2004 Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, May 18, 2012

8 Positive recognition program increases compliance with medication reconciliation by resident physicians in an outpatient clinic American Journal of Medical Quality, May 18, 2012

9 Consideration of social values in the establishment of accountable care organizations in the USA Journal of Health, Organisation and Management , May 17, 2012

10 Medicare And Medicaid Spending Variations Are Strongly Linked Within Hospital Regions But Not At Overall State Level Health Affairs, May 17, 2012

11 HHS finalizes new rules to cut regulations for hospitals and health care providers, saving more than $5 billion Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Press, May 16, 2012

12 What are the barriers to performing nonpharmacological interventions for behavioral symptoms in the nursing home Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, May 16, 2012

13 Pre-coverage assessments of new hospital interventions on Austria: methodology and 3 years of experience International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, May 16, 2012

14 Comparison of the burden of illness for adults with ADHD across seven countries: a qualitative study Health and Quality of Life Outcomes , May 15, 2012

15 The process of implementation of the diabetes register in Primary Health Care International Journal for Quality in Health Care, May 15, 2012

16 Political economy analysis for tobacco control in low- and middle-income countries Health Policy and Planning, May 15, 2012

17 Predictors of avoidable hospitalizations among assisted living residents Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, May 15, 2012

18 Innovative strategy for effective critical laboratory result management: end-to-end process using automation and manual call centre Quality & Safety in Health Care, May 15, 2012

19 Can general practitioner commissioning deliver equity and excellence? Evidence from two studies of service improvement in the English NHS Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, May 15, 2012

20 Learning leadership through practice – healthcare managers' experience Leadership in Health Services, May 15, 2012

1 America's 50 Best and 100 Best Hospitals Identified by Health Grades AMN Healthcare, March 28, 2012    Free full text

2 Providers re-engineering healthcare for greater efficiency AMN Healthcare, April 10, 2012    Free full text

3 Social responsibility: a new paradigm of hospital governance Health Care Analysis, April 9, 2012

4 What is the best way to estimate hospital quality outcomes? a simulation approach Health Services Research, March 12, 2012

5 A3 Process: A Pragmatic Problem-Solving Technique for Process Improvement in Health Care Journal of Health Management, March 9, 2012

6 Weekend admission to hospital has a higher risk of death in the elective setting than in the emergency setting: A retrospective database study of national health service hospitals in England. BMC Health Services Research, April 3, 2012    Free full text

7 Dutch healthcare reform: did it result in better patient experiences in hospitals? A comparison of the consumer quality index over time BMC Health Services Research, April 3, 2012    Free full text

8 A review on the relation between simulation and improvement in hospitals BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, March 26, 2012    Free full text

9 The contribution of staff call light response time to fall and injurious fall rates: an exploratory study in four US hospitals using archived hospital data BMC Health Services Research, April 2, 2012    Free full text

10 General practitioners’ preferences for the organisation of primary care: A discrete choice experiment Health Policy, April 11, 2012

11 Trends in sustainable and green design in healthcare AMN Healthcare, April 6, 2012    Free full text

12 A longitudinal analysis of the impact of hospital service line profitability on the likelihood of readmission Medical Care Research and Review, April 10, 2012

13 Perceived Organizational Problems in Health Care: A Pilot Test of the Structured Problem and Success Inventory Quality Management in Health Care , March 29, 2012

14 Identifying, understanding and overcoming barriers to medication error reporting in hospitals: a focus group study Quality & Safety in Health Care, March 6, 2012

15 Variations in hospital standardised mortality ratios (HSMR) as a result of frequent readmissions BMC Health Services Research, April 5, 2012    Free full text

16 Factors predicting hospital length-of-stay and readmission after colorectal resection: a population-based study of elective and emergency admissions BMC Health Services Research, March 27, 2012    Free full text

17 Mergers and acquisitions in Western European health care: Exploring the role of financial services organizations Health Policy, March 27, 2012

18 Discrete Event Simulation: The Preferred Technique for Health Economic Evaluation Value in Health, April 17, 2012

19 Hospital care may not affect the risk of readmission Quality Management in Health Care , April 2, 2012

20 Spanish health care cuts: Penny wise and pound foolish Health Policy, April 12, 2012