Winding down the wait
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Sewickley Valley Hospital has cut patient waiting time before surgery by incorporating several changes. More front-line hospital personnel was hired to handle patients and the pre-op process was streamlined. In addition, surgery scheduling began to reflect more realistic estimations. As a result, waiting times have been decreased from a typical 76 minutes to 20 minutes.
Publication Name: Hospitals & Health Networks
Subject: Health care industry
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Year: 1997
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Collective threat: chicago nurses find that talk of organizing is enough to bring change
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Nurses at Chicago's Children's Memorial Hospital discovered that their threat to organize into a union was sufficient to bring about change. The hospital replaced its unpopular CEO and implemented a new grievance mechanism for clinical care decisions, thereby giving nurses a way to voice their concerns. As a result of these changes, the nurses voted against unionizing.
Publication Name: Hospitals & Health Networks
Subject: Health care industry
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Year: 1998
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Integration therapy
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Healthcare companies have increasingly turned to strategic partnerships, alliances, and mergers in response to the challenges of the healthcare market. About one-third of non-profit hospitals have joined a health system in the past five years, whereas 62% of for-profits hospitals have been acquired. Acquisitions are also frequent among managed care companies.
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