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National Benchmarking Study Reveals Best Practices for Fixing the Nation’s Ailing EDs

The Academy, in partnership with Picis, tap largest U.S. health networks to reveal best practice strategies to increase ED clinical and financial success.
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April 24, 2009, staff writer
Emergency room visits are up while the number of emergency departments are falling, according to a new Picis sponsored study. As a result, patient satisfaction and ED performance have fallen over the last 10 years. The details are included in the final report, "Profiling Success: Managing Emergency Services in the Largest Health Systems,” which includes specifics on best practices from top performing hospitals. More

Improved documentation' key to healthcare's future
By Dan Bowman, April 22, 2009
In a roundtable discussion on Tuesday focusing on the results of a nationwide emergency department study conducted by the Health Management Academy, one of the primary points talked about was improved documentation and its role in the future of healthcare.
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Charts of study findings

Access key data on how the nation’s health systems are managing key challenges in the ED, as well as strategies and deployment of best practices.

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Benchmarking study

The ED is becoming an area of focus for every hospital in the U.S. that is looking to improve clinical and financial performance. A first-of-its kind national study reveals best practices for maintaining a strong, healthy hospital in today’s ever-changing and challenging healthcare landscape.

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