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The practice whereby a physician operates on patients in 2 overlapping rooms is called a flip room.…
Managing multiple diverse stakeholders has long been one of the most significant challenges facing…
The effects of climate change on healthcare and the effects of healthcare on climate change are…
Since the release of our first report on upgrading to meet USP 797 and USP 800 requirements, we have…
Like most people, within hours of purchasing my first iPhone, I discovered game apps. Since that…
It’s common to hear the phrase “Day in the Life” (DITL) during the activation of a new healthcare…
Scripting, or a standardized response, is part of everyday life. Order a cheeseburger, and the…
As the world marks two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare operations and construction…
Newly named Vice President and Consulting Services Division Leader at Haskell, Kevin Meek might…
Centralized care is emerging to reform patient care operations by generating real-time, actionable…
Health systems are seeing changing demands on their existing ambulatory asset portfolio, in both…
Telehealth visits, plexiglass partitions, taped-off waiting room chairs, hand sanitizer stations,…
The health sector has experienced tremendous disruption in the past year, but one healthcare trend…
To say that 2020 was difficult for hospitals and health systems would be an understatement. COVID-19…
Yesterday we had a plan on how to improve our supply chain process. We looked at supplier consolidation,…
You don’t necessarily have to be in the healthcare industry to see that COVID-19 has changed the…
MTV’s 1981 debut of the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” instantly changed how we enjoyed…
We’ve heard the expression “Hindsight is 20/20,” but that doesn’t mean we have to move forward blindly.…
What if we could be proactive about behavioral health rather than reactive? We cannot control people…
Change management, the controlled implementation of required changes within a system, is a phrase…
The one thing that the current pandemic is teaching us is that technology is going to play a larger…
It’s 2020, and everything seems to be experiencing a revolution. Articles use popularized cliché…
Read Part 1 to learn more about how to coordinate your response to a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic…
The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated the need for the healthcare industry to rethink not only our…
We live in a world of competing priorities. Your spouse wants you home for dinner, your boss wants…
Do you use a smartwatch? Have you ever installed a healthcare, diet, or workout app? Or have you ever…
Read Part 1 to learn how a CSC can protect your supply chain during a public health threat or natural…
The healthcare supply chain is complex, and the role it plays in supporting patient care is critical.…
Back in August I wrote a piece about the future of ICUs and discussed the unlikely potential of the…
You stepped up when the crisis demanded. You were there for your community and your patients. Now…
If you had not started making shifts toward comprehensive telehealth before the COVID-19 pandemic…
The surge of patients caused by COVID-19 will undoubtedly affect how healthcare is delivered once…
There is nothing like a sudden and drastic change to make you have major epiphanies, and the social…
It’s been just over five years since my father died due to complications from acute myeloid leukemia.…
Wearable health technologies are not a new concept. From simple step counters to watches and apps…
Health systems, particularly complex areas such as the emergency and surgical services departments,…
Every day we hear about big data, the need to harness it, and the need to analyze it. In doing so, we…
In our last blog post on activation planning, we emphasized that implementing even a single process…
Healthcare costs in the United States are the highest in the world, accounting for 17% of our GDP…
Attending a conference focused on “patient-centered care” means that every session you go to is…
Trying to juggle work, attempts at a social life, staying physically active, and keeping up with…
Women have extensive buying power and influence, driving 70-80% of consumer purchasing.[1] So…
In a NICU attention is focused first and foremost on the needs of the neonate. For an infant being…
Children’s hospitals in a lot of ways face the same challenges that general acute care hospitals…
We often get asked to program and design observation units for clients, whether it’s in the master…
My favorite find from our recent office move: A Magic 8 Ball. Even after being stored away in a back…
For years telehealth has been an untapped resource for many healthcare organizations due to concerns…
Strokes affect 800,000 people in the U.S. each year at a cost of $34 billion, according to the CDC.…
As highlighted in part 1 of this blog, rigorous analyses are performed by the Haskell operations…
Ambulatory centers have been touted as convenient locations for patients to take care of clinical,…
As insurers and patient consumerism drive site-of-care decisions, many orthopedic procedures…
An ongoing debate in inpatient behavioral healthcare has been the benefits of private versus semi-private…
As behavioral health disorders become more prevalent and rise as a national priority, transforming…
Researchers and clinicians are constantly developing and testing new cancer treatments in the…
I’m on a campaign to remove hallway beds from emergency departments across the country. Perhaps…
Whether you’re talking about the people, spaces or equipment in an emergency department, one can…
In Part 1 of this series, we discussed the scope, benefits, and different types of hospital transition…
Most hospital department leaders receive robust support, strategies, and tools to guide career…
Do these sound familiar? Patients must wait more than three weeks for an appointment for a non-urgent…
Use of Scribes Hospitals increasingly depend on physicians and nurses to capture data to help them…
If you don’t know for certain that a process change will work before you try it, you’re guessing.…
Imagine hearing this at a conference: “Success resulted in decreased revenue for our healthcare…
Just as in a lifesaving surgical procedure, every minute counts when optimizing the operating…
There is a lot of misinformation swirling around about how hospitals can benefit from Facility…
So you think you have a big chaotic mess and don’t know where to start? The Emergency Department (ED)…
“We have to cut nursing costs” are dangerous words when we don’t know what it actually costs for nurses…
When you know how many patients are coming down the pipe, you reap more than just shortening their…
When cutting costs, many hospitals trim less expensive staff, like techs and transporters. You…
Maybe you have a new emergency department (ED) under construction, or work in a newly built ED. But…
After every conference presentation we give, at least one clinical department director will approach…
Every system has surges in volume, whether they are predictable or unpredictable surges. Most…
Every system has surges in volume, whether they are predictable or unpredictable surges. Most…

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