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December 16, 2008 | Program Result Report
In 1998, Humility of Mary Health Partners, a two-hospital Catholic health system in Ohio, undertook a process of cultural transformation to address growing dissatisfaction among nurses.
December 16, 2008 | Program Result Report
The need for a physical facelift prompted a much deeper change at Lakeland Community Hospital in Niles, Mich.
December 16, 2008 | Program Result Report
A Catholic hospital located in a state that became the center for a national debate on medical ethics needed to shore up its own approach to ethics.
July 1, 2009 | Program Result Report
Investigators at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill surveyed nurses to find out which co-workers they consulted when confronted with complex treatment situations, including those involving error.
May 8, 2013 | Feature
Newly released federal data shows pricing for common inpatient procedures varies greatly, and allows consumers to see how hospital charges in their area compare nationally and regionally for the same procedure.
January 1, 2006 | Toolkit
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November 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of Maryland studied the impact of nursing staff levels on patient outcomes in California hospitals for the period 1996 and 2000.
December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
VHA held a conference entitled Leading From the Edge of Chaos: Complexity Theory and Health Care Leadership. The objective was to explore how complexity science can trigger fresh approaches to important health-related issues.
August 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
During 1996 and 1997, researchers at the Economic and Social Research Institute, led by Jack A. Meyer, PhD, examined the St. Louis and Philadelphia hospital markets, which experienced extensive merger activity in the early 1990s, to assess whether horizontal integration combined with purchaser pressure can shrink the excess capacity in a hospital system.
March 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The Alpha Center for Health Planning, Inc., in Washington (now called the AcademyHealth), a nonprofit policy institute, offered technical assistance to states and facilities participating in a federal program designed to keep struggling rural hospitals open.