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Quality & clinical operations
Adult Fall Prevention: Does Your Program Include an Injury Risk Assessment?

One of the most common ways a hospitalized patient can be injured is by falling and, those that sustain an injury from a fall have a higher risk of complications that negatively impact their outcome. read more

Data & analytics
There’s No Easy Button For Improving Risk-Adjusted Mortality

When hospital leaders are presented withperformance improvement opportunities uncovered through Vizient's clinical benchmarking data, it’s not uncommon for them to first look for reasons for below-av... read more

Quality & clinical operations
Chronic Pain Doesn’t Go Away During a Pandemic. Here’s How to Develop a Program to Connect These Patients Back to the Care They Need

With over 50 million U.S. adults experiencing chronic pain daily, the need for patient care hasn’t disappeared, but it may have grown more complicated due to the pandemic. read more

Supply chain
Workforce & culture
3 Tips to Tame the Tug of War Between Supply Chain and Nursing

In the hospital setting, it’s not uncommon to find differing opinions between supply chain and nursing. Learn three things supply chain professionals can implement right now to improve clinician rela... read more

Quality & clinical operations
On the Concept of a Good Death

Martin Luther once said, “Every man must do two things alone: he must do his own believing and his own dying.” A number of profound concepts are embedded in that statement, starting with ... read more

Quality & clinical operations
Health Care Strategy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Rather than any early knockout in one of his epic matches, eulogies last month for boxing legend Muhammad Ali memorialized his three-decade, very public fight against Parkinsons disease. The once fle... read more

Financial sustainability
Winston Churchill and the 80/20 Rule

Rather than any early knockout in one of his epic matches, eulogies last month for boxing legend Muhammad Ali memorialized his three-decade, very public fight against Parkinsons disease. The once fle... read more

Quality & clinical operations
Workforce & culture
Use Mock Accreditation Surveys to Address Common Problem Areas

One of the areas of greatest concern for pharmacy practice, in terms of both cost and impact on patient care, is the increasing development of pharmaceuticals that could be classified as “speci... read more

Financial sustainability
Calculating the Cost of Length of Stay

Rather than any early knockout in one of his epic matches, eulogies last month for boxing legend Muhammad Ali memorialized his three-decade, very public fight against Parkinsons disease. The once fle... read more

Quality & clinical operations
Workforce & culture
The ICD-10 Coding Challenge: How Clinicians Can Help