Showing posts with label costs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label costs. Show all posts
Friday, May 30, 2014

Becoming a Magnet Hospital Can Increase Revenue, Offset Costs of Achieving Magnet Status

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Several studies have found that Magnet Hospitals have lower mortality rates, shorter lengths of stay, higher patient satisfaction, an...
Friday, April 18, 2014

Nurses' Experience and Teamwork Contribute to Better Patient Care

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A new study partially funded through the INQRI program reveals that nurse tenure and good team work improve the quality of hospital care and...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

INQRI Grantee on the "Zero-Risk Bias"

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Human Capital blog is in the midst of an exciting blog carnival, focused on "Health Care in 2...
Thursday, December 20, 2012

New RWJF and Health Affairs Brief on Waste in Health Care

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A new Health Policy Brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation examines waste in US health care. Estimates are that m...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Free Webinar Highlighting Healthcare Transitions and Coordination

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Next week, former INQRI grantee, Gerri Lamb, PhD, FAAN, RN, is the featured guest for a webinar focusing on how healthcare transitions and c...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

The Need for Cost Information

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Last week, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) program posted a new video that examines three diffe...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Study Shows That Nursing Home Medicaid Recipients Have Higher Hospitalization Rates

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In a recently published study in the journal, Medical Care Research and Review , Helena Temkin-Greener, PhD, MPH, and her colleagues found t...