Patient-initiated brief admission as a complement to outpatient psychiatric care is appreciated by nurses and patients, and can reduce levels of anxiety in people with emotional instability and ...

International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Vol. 13, No. 4 (August 2001), pp. 333-338 (6 pages) Introduction. A 20-month quality improvement project was undertaken in order to improve the ...

Healthcare: try to name a sector in which the importance of process excellence is higher. You’ll struggle. Every decision, every action, every allocation of personnel or resources has a direct impact ...

The Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center and Kennett Square, Pa.-based Genesis Healthcare will partner on an initiative to develop new clinical programs aimed at improving ...

Hospitalizations account for the largest share of health care spending. New payment models increasingly encourage health care providers to reduce hospital admissions. Although emergency department (ED ...

A new machine learning model developed by Mount Sinai researchers could reduce overcrowding in emergency departments, improve staff efficiencies and boost patient outcomes by informing ED ...