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December 16, 2008 | Program Result Report
In 2000, Meridian Health system, located in Neptune, N.J., was struggling to integrate the merger of three hospitals. Its patient and employee satisfaction scores were low.
June 12, 2012 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the Urban Institute studied whether patients use high-volume hospitals for procedures and services where volume is associated with outcomes, and whether there are disparities between minorities and Whites in using such hospitals.
September 1, 2011 | Report
Study examines how Massachusetts' 2006 health reform law has affected the health care arena in Boston.
June 28, 2010 | Program Result Report
On-Site On-Line Nursing Program a one-day a week curriculum leading to an associate’s degree in nursing, allows students already working in health care to pursue the training necessary to take the RN licensing exam while continuing to work.
May 11, 2009 | Program Result Report
From 1994 to 2007, staff at Friends' Health Connection (originally called Long Distance Love), New Brunswick, N.J., created and ran a program that enables hospitalized patients to communicate one-on-one with another patient who has the same illness.
December 16, 2008 | Program Result Report
In the early 2000s, hospitals began taking steps to improve their organizational culture. They aimed to address several challenges, including patient dissatisfaction, nursing shortages and poor financial performance.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
From 1996 to 1998, researchers at University of Alabama at Birmingham studied the behavior of managed care organizations (MCOs) in their contracting with hospitals. The study, based on eight years of data from Illinois, sought to shed light on why MCOs contract with particular hospitals and how stable these relationships are over time.
June 5, 2007 | Program Result Report
In February 2003, Meridian Health established model nursing units at each of its three hospitals as part of a larger effort to address the hospitals' high vacancy rate for nursing positions.
June 12, 2009 | Journal Article
Nurses have key roles to play as hospitals continue their quest for higher quality and better patient safety.
March 19, 2012 | Program Result Report
Center for Studying Health System Change researchers tracked changes in the nation's health care system and developed policy analyses describing how those changes affect patients, providers, and others in their communities.