290 results on '"Service line"'
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2. Resource Allocation and Service Line Problems: Solutions Using Linear Optimization
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Kolker, Alexander and Kolker, Alexander
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- 2024
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3. Benchmark and performance progression: Examining the roles of market competition and focus.
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Ding, Xin
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PATIENT experience ,HOSPITAL care ,PATIENTS' attitudes ,HOSPITAL patients ,INTERNAL marketing ,HOSPITALS - Abstract
As the US healthcare system transitions from volume to value, various value‐based programs tie medical reimbursements to hospital performance relative to national top performers (i.e., benchmarks). However, prior studies report very limited results on how such benchmarks affect care delivery and patient outcomes across multiple performance fronts. This study examines how general acute care hospitals progress toward benchmarks measured by performance frontiers in technical efficiency, clinical quality, and patient experience over time, subjecting to external market conditions and internal focuses. Based on a panel dataset comprising hospitals in California from 2012 and 2019, our results find support for competitive‐distance‐driven progression rates, suggesting that hospitals' competitive positions measured by their distances to benchmarks drive performance improvements. Yet, the effect diminishes as they move closer to performance frontiers. In addition, we find that market competition reduces the progression rate of technical efficiency. Finally, our results also suggest that focus improves performance progression rates, yet its effects are curvilinear. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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4. Introducing a New Service Line at Your ASC: You Want to Do What?
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Rajan, Niraja
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- 2024
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5. An interpretable clustering classification approach for assessing and adjusting hospital service lines
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Esmaeil Bahalkeh, Tze C. Chiam, and Yuehwern Yih
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Machine learning ,Clustering ,Latent class analysis ,Bayesian analysis ,Decision tree ,Service line ,Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ,R858-859.7 - Abstract
Hospital beds are often assigned among several major groups called service lines, each aimed to provide care for patients with similar medical needs such as cancer, musculoskeletal disorders, vascular, surgical, medical, and women and children. Besides the benefits of service lines in streamlining operations, they can lead to unintended issues if they are not assessed and adjusted regularly. These issues include fragmentation and inconsistencies in care, offering overlapping services, uneven resources, and growth, disparities in access to care, imbalanced capacity utilization, and system-wide flow issues. We propose an interpretable clustering classification approach for assessing and adjusting existing service lines regarding size and patient distribution. Our approach is useable in practice as it uses data available during patient admission and generates interpretable rules for patient assignment among service lines. Our results from two academic hospitals suggest the need for further splitting service lines such as internal medicine, general surgery, and neurological disorders. Further, our findings support the idea of providing specialized services such as orthopedic surgery, cardiology, physical medicine, and pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. These findings have several practical implications related to patient mix, capacity planning, bed assignment, and hospital administration overall.
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- 2023
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6. Patient-Flow Analysis for Planning a Focused Hospital Layout: Tampere Heart Hospital Case.
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Karvonen, Sauli, Eskola, Markku, Haukilahti, Aki, and Porkkala, Timo
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HEART , *UNIVERSITY hospitals , *HEALTH information technology , *HOSPITALS , *INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems , *HEART diseases - Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study is present how a patient movement-based patient-flow analysis is performed for planning the new Heart Hospital of Tampere University Hospital and how patient transfer distances can be shortened by this method. Background: The Heart Hospital had served patients as a service line organization for years. However, the Heart Hospital layout rather looked like functional layout instead of service line layout because the units of the Heart Hospital have been spread out around the large university hospital campus. Method: The flow routes of patients treated over the course of 1 year were analyzed by information technology systems in the hospital planning phase. Then, the proximity ranking of the main functions of the Heart Hospital was made. Layout planning was performed based on the proximity ranking. Nine months after the opening of the new Heart Hospital, the distances between the various hospital functions were calculated for the old Heart Hospital and the new one. Results: In the old Heart Hospital, patients' transfer distance was 5,654 km (3,513 miles), while the corresponding figure for the new Heart Hospital was 3,797 km (2,359 miles), which means the distance was reduced by 33%. Conclusion: The patient-flow analysis works as it generated substantially shorter patient transfer distances in the new Heart Hospital. Shorter distances have supported more fluent patient flows that, in turn, has contributed higher productivity and quality of care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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7. The return on investment from international patient programs in American hospitals
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Patel, Ishani, Johnson, Tricia J., Garman, Andrew N., Hohmann, Samuel, Pescara, Paola, Fowler, Jarrett, and Daneshgar, Shabnam
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- 2019
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8. Lead service line identification: A review of strategies and approaches.
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Hensley, Kelsey, Bosscher, Valerie, Triantafyllidou, Simoni, and Lytle, Darren A.
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LEAD , *DRINKING water , *DATA analysis , *WATER sampling , *PLUMBING - Abstract
Lead service lines (LSLs) represent the greatest source of lead in drinking water. Identifying the locations of LSLs can be challenging, and recent service line (SL) material surveys in Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana found that on average the materials making up 16% of SLs in these states are unknown and may be lead. Given the large number of possible LSLs in the United States, new and pending regulatory requirements, LSL replacement costs, associated lead exposure risks, and the public's desire to reduce lead exposure, there is a need to rapidly and cost‐effectively identify where LSLs are located, on public and private property. This review summarizes current industry LSL identification methods, including records screening, basic visual examination of indoor plumbing, water sampling, excavation, and predictive data analyses. A qualitative comparison of method cost, accuracy, disturbance, and other impacts is provided as a starting point for utilities that are developing a feasible approach for their specific needs/constraints. Lastly, an example stepwise approach to identify unknown SL materials is proposed. Article Impact Statement: This manuscript provides water systems with a review of techniques available to identify LSLs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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9. The Pursuit of the Integrated Multidisciplinary Service Line
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Andrews, James, Austin, Jim, editor, Bentkover, Judith, editor, and Chait, Laurence, editor
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- 2016
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10. Specialty at Risk
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Vukmir, Rade B. and Vukmir, Rade B.
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- 2016
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11. Location at Risk
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Vukmir, Rade B. and Vukmir, Rade B.
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- 2016
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12. Leadership and Quality Improvement
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Campbell, Robert, Mohl, Larry, Barach, Paul R., editor, Jacobs, Jeffery P., editor, Lipshultz, Steven E., editor, and Laussen, Peter C., editor
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- 2015
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13. Introduction
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Oshri, Ilan, Kotlarsky, Julia, Willcocks, Leslie P., Oshri, Ilan, Kotlarsky, Julia, and Willcocks, Leslie P.
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- 2015
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14. Leadership in a High-Stakes Service Line
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Nelson, Lara P., Markovitz, Barry P., Herrington, Cynthia, Da Cruz, Eduardo M., editor, Ivy, Dunbar, editor, and Jaggers, James, editor
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- 2014
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15. Organizational Issues, Logistic and Economic Implications of Obesity
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Frezza, Ermenegildo Eldo, Wacthel, Mitchell S., Foletto, Mirto, editor, and Rosenthal, Raul J., editor
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- 2014
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16. Factors associated with high-cost hospitalization for peritonitis in children receiving chronic peritoneal dialysis in the United States.
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Redpath Mahon, Allison C., Richardson, Troy, Neu, Alicia M., and Warady, Bradley A.
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PERITONITIS , *CHRONIC diseases , *DATABASES , *HISPANIC Americans , *HOSPITAL care , *LENGTH of stay in hospitals , *MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems , *INTENSIVE care units , *MEDICAL care costs , *MULTIVARIATE analysis , *PEDIATRICS , *PERITONEAL dialysis , *WAGES , *MULTIPLE regression analysis , *THERAPEUTICS - Abstract
Background: Although peritonitis causes significant morbidity and mortality in children receiving chronic peritoneal dialysis (CPD), little is known about costs associated with treatment. Methods: We analyzed 246 peritonitis-related hospitalizations in the USA, linked by the Standardized Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric End Stage Renal Disease (SCOPE) and Pediatric Health Information Systems (PHIS) databases. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between high-cost hospitalizations (at or above the 75th percentile) and patient characteristics. Multivariable modeling was used to assess differences in the service-line specific geometric mean between (1) high- and low-cost (below the 75th percentile) hospitalizations and (2) fungal versus other types of peritonitis. Wage-adjusted hospitalization charges were converted to estimated costs using reported cost-to-charge ratios to estimate the cost of hospitalization. Results: High-cost hospitalizations were associated with the following: age 3–12 years, Hispanic ethnicity, intensive care unit (ICU) stay, length of stay (LOS), and fungal peritonitis. Whereas absolute standardized cost by service line was significantly different when comparing high- and low-cost hospitalizations, the percentage of total cost by service line was similar in the two groups. Cost per case for fungal peritonitis was higher (p < 0.001) in every service line except pharmacy when compared to other peritonitis cases. The median (IQR) cost of hospitalization for the treatment of peritonitis was $13,655 ($7871, $28434) USD. Conclusions: Hospitalization-related costs for peritonitis treatment are substantial and arise from a variety of service lines. Fungal peritonitis is associated with high-cost hospitalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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17. Service-lines as major contributor to water quality deterioration at customer ends.
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Fang, Jiaxing, Dai, Zihan, Li, Xiaoming, van der Hoek, Jan Peter, Savic, Dragan, Medema, Gertjan, van der Meer, Walter, and Liu, Gang
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WATER quality , *CONSUMERS , *WATER meters , *WATER distribution , *WATER-pipes , *REVERSE osmosis , *SALINE water conversion - Abstract
• The origin of particles collected by filter bags at water meters were assessed. • Pipe wall biofilm was dominated by Ca, filter bag particles dominated by Fe/Mn. • For pipe wall biofilm, ATP concentrations in household were higher than main. • Household is the major contributor to water quality deterioration at customer ends. Biofilm detachment contributes to water quality deterioration. However, the contributions of biofilm detachment from different pipes have not been quantified or compared. Following the introduction of partial reverse osmosis (RO) in drinking water production, this study analyzed particles at customers' ends and tracked their origins to water distribution mains and service lines. For doing so, filter bags were installed in front of water meters to capture upstream detached particles, while biofilm from water main and service line were sampled by cutting pipe specimens. The results showed that elemental concentrations of the biofilm in mains were higher than those of service lines (54.3–268.5 vs. 27.1–44.4 μg/cm2), both dominated by Ca. Differently, filter bags were dominated by Fe/Mn (77.5–98.1%). After introducing RO, Ca significantly decreased in biofilms of mains but not service lines, but the released Fe/Mn rather than Ca arrived at customers' ends. The ATP concentrations of service lines were higher than mains, which decreased on mains but increased in service lines after introducing RO. For the core ASVs, 13/24 were shared by service lines (17), mains (21), and filter bags (17), which were assigned mainly to Nitrospira spp., Methylomagnum spp., Methylocytis spp., and IheB2–23 spp. According to source tracking results, service lines contributed more than mains to the particulate material collected by filter bags (57.6 ± 13.2% vs. 13.0 ± 11.6%). To the best of our knowledge, the present study provides the first evidence of service lines' direct and quantitative contributions to potential water quality deterioration at customers' ends. This highlights the need for the appropriate management of long-neglected service line pipes, e.g., regarding material selection, length optimization, and proper regulation. [Display omitted] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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18. Service-lines as major contributor to water quality deterioration at customer ends
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Service line ,Microbial source tracking ,Particle-associated bacteria ,Biofilm detachment ,Drinking water distribution systems - Abstract
Biofilm detachment contributes to water quality deterioration. However, the contributions of biofilm detachment from different pipes have not been quantified or compared. Following the introduction of partial reverse osmosis (RO) in drinking water production, this study analyzed particles at customers’ ends and tracked their origins to water distribution mains and service lines. For doing so, filter bags were installed in front of water meters to capture upstream detached particles, while biofilm from water main and service line were sampled by cutting pipe specimens. The results showed that elemental concentrations of the biofilm in mains were higher than those of service lines (54.3–268.5 vs. 27.1–44.4 μg/cm2), both dominated by Ca. Differently, filter bags were dominated by Fe/Mn (77.5–98.1%). After introducing RO, Ca significantly decreased in biofilms of mains but not service lines, but the released Fe/Mn rather than Ca arrived at customers’ ends. The ATP concentrations of service lines were higher than mains, which decreased on mains but increased in service lines after introducing RO. For the core ASVs, 13/24 were shared by service lines (17), mains (21), and filter bags (17), which were assigned mainly to Nitrospira spp., Methylomagnum spp., Methylocytis spp., and IheB2–23 spp. According to source tracking results, service lines contributed more than mains to the particulate material collected by filter bags (57.6 ± 13.2% vs. 13.0 ± 11.6%). To the best of our knowledge, the present study provides the first evidence of service lines’ direct and quantitative contributions to potential water quality deterioration at customers’ ends. This highlights the need for the appropriate management of long-neglected service line pipes, e.g., regarding material selection, length optimization, and proper regulation.
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- 2023
19. Investigating the impact of service line formats on satisfaction with waiting
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Piyush Kumar and Maqbool Dada
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Marketing ,Service (business) ,Queueing theory ,Operations research ,Computer science ,Customer satisfaction ,Duration (project management) ,Line (text file) ,Single line ,Queue ,Service line - Abstract
In this paper, we examine whether the format of service lines affects customers’ satisfaction with their queuing experience. Using a goal-theoretic approach, and data from a series of experimental studies, we show that the duration of the wait moderates the psychological tradeoff between the initial queue length and its rate of movement, such that customers prefer a single line format for shorter waits but a multiple line format for longer waits. We also show that satisfaction declines with an increase in the number of stages in service lines. This adverse effect of multi-staging can be mitigated by using information devices as well as orienting customers away from local, stage-specific, sub-goals towards the overall goal of receiving service and exiting the system. We synthesize these findings about the psychophysics of queuing to generalize a model of satisfaction with waiting that accounts for the effect of service line formats and can represent customers’ utility functions in models of queuing systems.
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- 2021
20. Creating a High-Value German Health Care System: Overall Assessment and Recommendations
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Porter, Michael E., Guth, Clemens, Porter, Michael E., and Guth, Clemens
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- 2012
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21. Quatrro BPO Solutions: Developing Outsourcing Solutions Innovatively
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Gera, Rajat and Yesudian, Suseela, editor
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- 2012
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22. Time to Blood Culture Positivity by Pathogen and Primary Service
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Dustin Lamb, Kelly Pearce, Andrea Prinzi, Sarah K. Parker, Christine E. MacBrayne, and Manon C. Williams
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factors ,medicine.drug_class ,Observation period ,Antibiotics ,Bacteremia ,Pediatrics ,Antimicrobial Stewardship ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Antimicrobial stewardship ,Blood culture ,Child ,Pathogen ,Retrospective Studies ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Infant ,General Medicine ,Antimicrobial ,medicine.disease ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Blood Culture ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,business ,Service line - Abstract
OBJECTIVES Initiation and continuation of empirical antimicrobial agents for a 48–72-hour observation period is routine practice in the diagnosis and treatment of infants and children with concern for bacteremia. We examined blood cultures at a freestanding pediatric hospital over a 6-year period to determine the time to positivity. METHODS Data were extracted for all patients who were hospitalized and had blood cultures drawn between January 2013 and December 2018. Time to positivity was calculated on the basis of date and time culture was collected compared with date and time growth was first reported. RESULTS Over a 6-year period, 89 663 blood cultures were obtained, of which 6184 had positive results. After exclusions, a total of 2121 positive blood culture results remained, including 1454 (69%) pathogens and 667 contaminants (31%). For all positive blood culture results, the number and percentage positive at 24, 36, and 48 hours were 1441 of 2121 (68%), 1845 of 2121 (87%) and 1970 of 2121 (93%), respectively. One hundred twenty-five (66 pathogens, 59 contaminants) of the 89 663 cultures (0.14%) yielded positive results between 36 and 48 hours, indicating that 719 patients would need to be treated for 48 hours rather than 36 hours to prevent 1 case of antibiotic termination before positive result. Median times to positive result by pathogen and service line are presented. CONCLUSIONS This study reveals that ≤36 hours may be a sufficient period of observation for infants and children started on empirical antimicrobial agents for concern for bacteremia. These findings highlight opportunities for antimicrobial stewardship to limit antimicrobial .
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- 2021
23. System Safety in an IT Service Organization
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Parsons, Mike, Scutt, Simon, Dale, Chris, editor, and Anderson, Tom, editor
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- 2011
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24. The Future Scenario for Leading HR
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Hesketh, Anthony, Sparrow, Paul, Hird, Martin, Sparrow, Paul, Hird, Martin, Hesketh, Anthony, and Cooper, Cary
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- 2010
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25. Modeling and Simulation in Terror Medicine
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Hirshberg, Asher, Mattox, Kenneth L., Shapira, Shmuel C., editor, Hammond, Jeffrey S., editor, and Cole, Leonard A., editor
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- 2009
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26. The New Healthcare Marketing
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Thomas, Richard K.
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- 2008
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27. Establish corporate visibility and environment
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Rajegopal, Shan, McGuin, Philip, Waller, James, Rajegopal, Shan, McGuin, Philip, and Waller, James
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- 2007
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28. Developing and Verifying a Water Service Line Inventory
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William J. Pickering and Daniel T. Duffy
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Operations research ,Computer science ,General Chemistry ,Service line ,Water Science and Technology - Published
- 2021
29. Meeting the Demand for Unrelated Donors in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Rapid Adaptations by the National Marrow Donor Program and Its Network Partners Ensured a Safe Supply of Donor Products
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Jen L. Novakovich, Sade T. Fridy-Chesser, Steven M. Devine, Jeni Newman, Karl Hailperin, Gretta Stritesky, and Jeffery J. Auletta
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Unrelated donor ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Rapid Publication ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Donor registry ,Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation ,National Marrow Donor Program ,Graft ,Umbilical cord blood ,Unrelated Donor ,Pandemic ,Humans ,Transplantation, Homologous ,Immunology and Allergy ,Medicine ,Registries ,Peripheral blood transplant ,Pandemics ,HLA matching ,Transplantation ,Acute leukemia ,Hematopoietic cell ,SARS-CoV-2 ,business.industry ,Donor search ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation ,COVID-19 ,Allogeneic hct ,Cell Biology ,Hematology ,Coronavirus ,Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute ,Bone marrow transplant ,Myelodysplastic Syndromes ,Emergency medicine ,Molecular Medicine ,Unrelated Donors ,business ,Service line - Abstract
Highlights • The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) received preliminary search requests for over 3300 domestic and 3700 international allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant candidates during the initial phase of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. • Despite a decrease in preliminary search requests, the number of unrelated donor grafts infused at domestic transplant centers following the initial phase of COVID-19 was only 4% less than the same period of time 1 year earlier. • Of over 2800 transportation legs and over 1600 transports completed through the NMDP, only 1 product was delivered outside of the requested time window in the initial period after COVID-19., The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) donor registries and transplant center (TC) practices is underreported. This article reports on the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) Be The Match Registry and its coordinating the provision of unrelated donor (URD) products to domestic and international TCs during the initial 3 months of the COVID-19 pandemic (March through May 2020). Specifically, NMDP data are presented for disease indications for transplant, URD search volumes and availability, graft requests and processing, courier utilization and performance, and conversion rates from formal donor search and workup to graft collection and shipment. Data following the onset of COVID-19 are compared to the immediate 3 months prior to the COVID-19 pandemic (December 2019 through February 2020) and the same quarter 1 year prior to COVID-19 (March through May 2019). During the initial onset of COVID-19 and compared to 1 year prior, TCs requested and the NMDP performed less donor searches. More multiple URD and direct to workup requests were processed by the NMDP, which likely reflected reductions in donor availability. Yet TCs continued to perform allogeneic transplants for acute disease indications like acute leukemia and myelodysplasia, using more cryopreserved grafts than before COVID-19. In comparison to prepandemic patient cycle conversion rates and durations, the NMDP was able to convert patient cycles at nearly the same or higher rates and in similar or shorter periods of time. Last, despite significant challenges caused by the pandemic, including interruptions in domestic courier services and travel restrictions, graft products were delivered to and received by TCs in similar periods of time than before COVID-19. Taken together, these data show that NMDP service line operations continued to function effectively during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring requests for and delivery of URD products to domestic and international allogeneic HCT recipients.
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- 2021
30. Service Lines: Working Toward a Value-Based Future
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John A. Lutz, Paula M. Zalucki, and Maria Finarelli
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Service (business) ,Process management ,Operating model ,Total cost ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Hospitals ,Multidisciplinary approach ,Transparency (graphic) ,Value (economics) ,Health care ,Humans ,business ,Service line - Abstract
SUMMARY The primary drivers for service line development have historically been market differentiation and profitable growth. In the current transition to value-based care, however, several other factors are now driving service line strategy. Specifically, in a value-based world, service lines must be patient centric, not provider centric; they must focus on more than hospitals; and they must be market facing.To build the operating model of the future and succeed in a value-based world, health systems need to reimagine the clinical, operational, and financial features of today's service lines. In working toward this future state, a coordinated, evidence-based care model with a multidisciplinary care team must replace today's episodic care. Easy access to prompt solutions and a seamless, low-stress experience for both patients and providers will be new competitive differentiators, along with cost transparency. Outcomes, patient convenience, and the total cost of care will drive future service line relationships between health systems and physicians. The criteria for selecting physician partners will be materially different, too.In implementing this future-state model, healthcare organizations will need to reconcile several opposing forces and tear down structural and operational silos. Health systems that can navigate through these challenges can realize numerous benefits.
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- 2021
31. Impact of service line replacement on lead, cadmium, and other drinking water quality parameters in Flint, Michigan
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Sarah-Jane Haig, Terese M. Olson, Krista R. Wigginton, Nicole Rockey, Yun Shen, Madeleine Wax, Lutgarde Raskin, and James Yonts
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Cadmium ,Environmental Engineering ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Water source ,chemistry.chemical_element ,010501 environmental sciences ,01 natural sciences ,River water ,Toxicology ,Distribution system ,chemistry ,Maximum Contaminant Level ,Environmental science ,Water quality ,Lead (electronics) ,Service line ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Water Science and Technology - Abstract
In April 2014, Flint, MI switched its drinking water source from water treated in Detroit to Flint River water without applying corrosion control. This caused lead and other metals to leach into drinking water. To mitigate lead exposure, Flint began to replace lead service lines and galvanized iron service lines in March 2016. In this study, the short- and long-term impact of service line replacement on Flint drinking water quality was investigated. In particular, lead and other metal concentrations, chlorine residual, and levels of select microbial populations were examined before and two and five weeks after SL replacement in water collected from 17 Flint homes. Overall, lead levels in premise plumbing water did not change significantly within five weeks of replacement, however, significant reductions were observed two weeks after service line replacement in flushed samples representative of distribution system water (pre-replacement median = 0.98 μg L−1; two-week post-replacement median = 0.11 μg L−1). Multiple sequential samplings from one Flint residence before and 11 months after service line replacement revealed large reductions in lead levels in all samples, indicating long-term benefits of service line replacement. Cadmium was also detected at levels at or above the federal maximum contaminant level. Microbial analyses established that 100%, 21%, and 52% of samples had quantifiable concentrations of total bacteria, Legionella spp., and Mycobacterium spp. as measured by quantitative PCR, while Legionella pneumophila was not detected in any samples. Our results provide evidence that both lead service line and galvanized service line replacement benefit consumers in the long term by reducing drinking water lead concentrations, while short-term advantages of service line replacement in sites with prior lead seeding of in-home plumbing are less apparent.
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- 2021
32. Framing the Issues in Effective Service Line Development
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Rebecca Hunter
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business.industry ,Framing (construction) ,Political science ,General Medicine ,Public relations ,business ,Service line - Published
- 2021
33. Service Line Development Serves to Support the Entire System
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Sarah Roberts
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World Wide Web ,Development (topology) ,Computer science ,MEDLINE ,General Medicine ,Service line - Published
- 2021
34. My Private Lead Service Line
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Lillian C. Jeznach and Joseph E. Goodwill
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Lead (geology) ,Operations research ,Computer science ,Sampling (statistics) ,General Chemistry ,Service line ,Water Science and Technology - Published
- 2021
35. Building a dual-energy CT service line in abdominal radiology
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Christina L. Brunnquell, Mena Flemon, Shanigarn Thiravit, Achille Mileto, and Larry M Cai
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Radiography, Abdominal ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Radiation Dosage ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,Radiography, Dual-Energy Scanned Projection ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Abdomen ,medicine ,Medical imaging ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Implementation ,Protocol (science) ,business.industry ,Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications ,General Medicine ,Workflow ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Key (cryptography) ,Radiology ,Routing (electronic design automation) ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,business ,Service line - Abstract
As the access of radiology practices to dual-energy CT (DECT) has increased worldwide, seamless integration into clinical workflows and optimized use of this technology are desirable. In this article, we provide basic concepts of commercially available DECT hardware implementations, discuss financial and logistical aspects, provide tips for protocol building and image routing strategies, and review radiation dose considerations to establish a DECT service line in abdominal imaging. KEY POINTS: • Tube-based and detector-based DECT implementations with varying features and strengths are available on the imaging market. • Thorough assessment of financial and logistical aspects is key to successful implementation of a DECT service line. • Optimized protocol building and image routing strategies are of critical importance for effective use and seamless inception of DECT in routine clinical workflows.
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- 2020
36. Prevention of Lead in Drinking Water
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Deininger, Rolf A., Bernstam, Elmer V., Deininger, R. A., editor, Literathy, P., editor, and Bartram, J., editor
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- 2000
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37. Revenue Sources in Interventional Radiology: A Revenue Analysis of an Interventional Oncology Service Line
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E. Aaltonen, Akhilesh K. Sista, Ryan Hickey, Bedros Taslakian, David M. Ruohoniemi, Anthony T. Chong, and Jeremy C. Horn
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Diagnostic Imaging ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Office Visits ,Interventional oncology ,Workload ,Medical Oncology ,Radiography, Interventional ,Appointments and Schedules ,Practice Management, Medical ,medicine ,Humans ,Revenue ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Medical physics ,Referral and Consultation ,Retrospective Studies ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Fee-for-Service Plans ,Interventional radiology ,Income ,Female ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Service line - Published
- 2021
38. Detroit's Robust Full Lead Service Line Replacement Program
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Samuel A. Smalley and Bryan Peckinpaugh
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Lead (geology) ,Operations management ,General Chemistry ,Business ,Service line ,Water Science and Technology - Published
- 2020
39. Research Sheds Light on <scp>Age‐Old</scp> Problem of Meter and Service Line Sizing
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Steven G. Buchberger, Peter Mayer, Steve Davis, and Christopher Douglas
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Peak demand ,Metre ,Environmental science ,General Chemistry ,Service line ,Sizing ,Water Science and Technology ,Water demand ,Marine engineering - Published
- 2020
40. Dissemination of geriatric emergency department accreditation in a large health system
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Tara Liberman, Teresa Amato, Kevin Biese, Sarah Healey Herod, Victoria Maffeo, and Regina Roofeh
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Geriatrics ,education.field_of_study ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Standardization ,Population ,education ,Staffing ,Emergency department ,Staff education ,medicine.disease ,medicine ,GEDA ,geriatric emergency department ,Medical emergency ,Business ,Service line ,health care economics and organizations ,Accreditation ,Concepts - Abstract
The population of older adults in the United States is expanding rapidly. With this expansion, the healthcare system, and emergency departments (EDs) in particular, should provide geriatric‐focused care tailored to the needs of this population. To this end, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) released a geriatric emergency department accreditation (GEDA) to certify EDs that have the staffing, training, and resources to provide high‐quality, geriatric‐focused, emergent care. Our healthcare system set out to achieve the GEDA at all system hospitals using a service‐line approach and standardized policies. The implementation and application process was completed through strong partnerships between the Emergency Medicine Service Line and the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine. Further partnerships with ACEP were vital to completing the application process and using a standardized application. Through these partnerships, all 17 of our system hospitals achieved tier 3 accreditation. Through this process, we were able to identify opportunities to improve the care provided to older adults in the ED, particularly via staff education. We also gathered lessons learned for system‐level accreditation, including fostering close partnerships, meeting the unique needs of each ED, and strategically planning when and where to increase tier levels. This practice of large‐scale, system‐wide standardization, rather than individual site implementation, is an effective measure to provide geriatric‐focused care to the large and growing population of older adults.
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- 2020
41. Safety and Affordability Are Vital for Lead Service Line Replacement
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Cynthia McCarthy and Niranjan Deshpande
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Lead (geology) ,Risk analysis (engineering) ,Business ,Service line - Published
- 2020
42. Establishing an Orthopedic Excess Hospital Days in Acute Care Program
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S Ryan Greysen, Michele Fang, Frances Mao, and Eric Hume
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Joint arthroplasty ,Leadership and Management ,Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip ,Target population ,Assessment and Diagnosis ,Patient Readmission ,03 medical and health sciences ,Postoperative Complications ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Acute care ,Humans ,Medicine ,Orthopedic Procedures ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee ,Care Planning ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Original Research ,Hospital days ,030222 orthopedics ,business.industry ,Health Policy ,General Medicine ,Length of Stay ,Patient Discharge ,United States ,Orthopedic surgery ,Emergency medicine ,Female ,Fundamentals and skills ,Continuity of care ,Level of care ,business ,Service line ,Program Evaluation - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Excess days in acute care (EDAC) after total joint arthroplasty (TJA) represent a large economic burden. We developed an Orthopedic EDAC program that triages TJA patients to the appropriate service line (orthopedic vs medicine) and level of care (observation vs inpatient) on re-presentation. We developed and used evidence-based protocols for the treatment of TJA patients who are rehospitalized. METHODS: We defined Orthopedic EDAC as the length of stay (LOS) during readmission and observation stays. Our target population included TJA and revision TJA patients. Patients between April 2016 and September 2017 and between October 2017 and September 2018 were defined as pre-implementation and postimplementation of the Orthopedic EDAC program, respectively. RESULTS: A total of 2,662 patients underwent TJA and revision TJA during the pre-implementation and postimplementation periods. Twenty-three patients were managed on observation status during the study period. Readmissions decreased from 49 (6.1%) during preimplementation to 37 (2.0%) during post-implementation (P = .004). By design, more rehospitalized patients were on the orthopedic surgery service after implementation of the Orthopedic EDAC program (n = 49; 70%) versus before (n = 22; 35%; P = .028). EDAC LOS decreased from 7.75 days to 4.73 days (P = .005). CONCLUSION: In this single-center, before-after pilot of a novel Orthopedic EDAC program, we demonstrated a reduction in readmissions and Orthopedic EDAC LOS, as well as improved continuity of care for TJA patients on representation. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2020;15:XXXXXX. © 2020 Society of Hospital Medicine
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- 2020
43. Creating Microclimates of Change
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Angela S. Overman, Jennifer Emory, Jennifer Chutz, Gretchen Lee, Timothy Werlau, Sharmila Soares-Sardinha, Cheryl A. Smith-Miller, and Carla M. Jones
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Adult ,Information Dissemination ,Leadership and Management ,business.industry ,Microclimate ,General Medicine ,Nursing Staff, Hospital ,Quality performance ,Transparency (behavior) ,Organizational Innovation ,Patient care ,Interviews as Topic ,Qualitative analysis ,Nursing ,Nursing care quality ,Health care ,Humans ,Female ,Nursing Care ,Television ,Psychology ,business ,Dissemination ,Service line ,Quality of Health Care - Abstract
OBJECTIVES Study objectives were to: 1) explore how nursing care quality data (NCQD) was understood and interpreted; and 2) identify, compare, and contrast individual and group responses. BACKGROUND Little evidence exists on how to best disseminate NCQD information. This study explores the outcomes of implementing an NCQD and human-interest information slide show across an inpatient surgery nursing service line using electronic screens. METHODS Methods included semistructured interviews, qualitative analysis, and diagramming. RESULTS The human-interest content most often attracted viewers' attention, but they were also exposed to NCQD. Interpretations and understandings differed among groups and between individuals. Among staff members, the human-interest content facilitated team-building, whereas NCQD provided meaningful recognition. Nursing care quality data evidenced the efforts that were being made to improve and provide excellent patient care. CONCLUSIONS Using innovative dissemination methods can enhance understanding of NCQD among clinical providers. Creating microclimates of change and innovation within complex healthcare environments can benefit staff members and patients.
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- 2020
44. SCIENTIFIC-METHODICAL APPROACH TO CARGO DELIVERY ON THE PRINCIPLE «JUST-IN-TIME» ON THE RIVER TRANSPORT
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050210 logistics & transportation ,Operations research ,Computer science ,0502 economics and business ,05 social sciences ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,020201 artificial intelligence & image processing ,Point (geometry) ,Relevance (information retrieval) ,02 engineering and technology ,General Medicine ,Service line - Abstract
The article defines the relevance of delivery on the principle of «just-in-time» for the river transport and presents a developed algorithm for the transition to ensuring delivery on time on individual river shipping lines. An approbation of the proposed scientific and methodological approach to ensuring delivery on time was carried out using the example of the existing river service line, within which measures were developed to stabilize the delivery operations according to the current destabilizing factors and their effectiveness was evaluated. The article presents methodology for estimating delivery options on the terms of on time delivery from the point of view of the cargo owner. The possibility and expediency of organizing delivery on time on individual river shipping lines has been proved, both from the point of view of cargo owners and from the point of view of shipping companies, taking into account the provision of counteraction to destabilizing factors.
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- 2020
45. Central Arkansas Water's Lead Service Line Replacement Program: Investigation, Communication, Implementation
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Sharon Sweeney
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Lead (geology) ,Public health ,medicine ,Operations management ,General Chemistry ,Business ,Service line ,Water Science and Technology - Published
- 2020
46. 'Ready SIM Go'
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Christopher J. Roussin, Brianna O'Connell, Peter Weinstock, Kelsey Graber, and Lauren Mednick
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Epidemiology ,Process (engineering) ,Computer science ,Population ,MEDLINE ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Education ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Blueprint ,030225 pediatrics ,medicine ,Humans ,Computer Simulation ,030212 general & internal medicine ,education ,education.field_of_study ,Medical simulation ,medicine.disease ,humanities ,Caregivers ,Modeling and Simulation ,Preparedness ,Anxiety ,Medical emergency ,medicine.symptom ,Delivery of Health Care ,Service line - Abstract
SUMMARY STATEMENT Changing healthcare systems and efforts to decrease medical costs have resulted in many more patients and caregivers (PCs) needing to manage life-sustaining therapies on their own. Given the potential for underpreparedness to result in increased morbidity and mortality, developing safe and efficient homecare training methods for PCs is essential. Medical simulation with PCs is an underused tool, which has the potential to decrease anxiety and increase preparedness through opportunities for repeated practice of medical procedures within a safe, controlled environment. This article describes the development of a hospital-based simulation service line for PCs, leveraging lessons learned from training for 250 patients and 450 caregivers in 14 different departments and subspecialties, and explains adaptations of standard simulation methods necessary for safe and effective use of simulation with this unique population. Process blueprint, examples of specific programs, as well as feedback from participants and clinicians are included.
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- 2020
47. Study on Key Technology of Railway Freight Car Body Fatigue Test
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Zhao Shangchao, Zhang Qiang, Xiaoli Guan, Ji Fang, and Li Xiangwei
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Data collection ,Computer science ,020209 energy ,Mechanical Engineering ,Railway freight car ,Test rig ,Body movement ,02 engineering and technology ,Automotive engineering ,Vibration ,020303 mechanical engineering & transports ,0203 mechanical engineering ,Mechanics of Materials ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Axle load ,General Materials Science ,Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality ,Service line - Abstract
Car body fatigue reliability is a key technology for the development of railway heavy axle load freight cars. Therefore, a comprehensive test rig capable for carrying out car body fatigue test and complete car vibration test was designed and built in CRRC Qiqihar Rolling Stock Co., Ltd. (QRRS). This test rig was used to validate fatigue life of car body in accelerated fatigue test by simulating car body movement in service with input data derived from measurements in service lines. The success of such test depends on some key technologies such as collection of response signals in service line test, process of data collection, compilation of drive file for test rig, determination of test methods and evaluation of test results. A C70E-loaded general service gondola car was tested on test rig to evaluate its fatigue life with accumulated equivalent total mileage of 3.125 million kilometers. The test results indicate that this car body can survive for 25 years and meet designed life requirement. Comparison between response signals from test rig and target signals demonstrates that acceleration RMS error is less than 6%, and stress RMS error is less than 18% and fatigue accumulated damage error is less than 6%. It means that simulation accuracy of test rig has achieved the requirement. Such results demonstrate that related key technologies are applicable and suitable.
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- 2020
48. Reducing the Reported Mortality Index Within a Neurocritical Care Unit Through Documentation and Coding Accuracy
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Brice A. Kessler, J. Dedrick Jordan, and Michael P Catalino
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Quality management ,Critical Care ,Mortality index ,business.industry ,Neurointensive care ,Documentation ,Medical classification ,Quality Improvement ,Neurosurgical Procedures ,Patient care ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Emergency medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Surgery ,Hospital Mortality ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Service line ,Coding (social sciences) - Abstract
Background The mortality index, or the ratio of observed to expected mortality, is a reported quality metric that has been assumed to directly reflect patient care. However, documentation and coding that does not use knowledge of how a reported mortality index is derived could reflect poorly on a hospital or service line. We present our effort at reducing the reported mortality index of neurosurgery and neurology patients within a neurocritical care unit through documentation and coding accuracy with direct incorporation of mortality modeling. Methods Using a reported method from Vizient Inc., we generated a spreadsheet tool to enable direct manipulation of the data to identify documentation and coding issues that influenced the reported mortality index in a retrospective set of patients. Subsequently, we implemented the prospective changes to documentation and coding and compared our calculated mortality index to the reported Vizient mortality index. Results Prospective implementation of the documentation and coding issues identified through our spreadsheet tool resulted in a drastic reduction of both our calculated and the reported Vizient mortality index. Conclusions Incorporating knowledge of mortality index modeling into the documentation and coding resulted in impressive reductions in the reported mortality index for our patients, serving as a both an internal benchmark and a method of comparison with other institutions.
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- 2020
49. 3 A novel approach to setting goals to achieve a reduction in acute-care length of stay
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Ed Dunlow, Gary Little, and Amy D Bell
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medicine.medical_specialty ,education.field_of_study ,Medicine (General) ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,business.industry ,Population ,Financial goal ,Risk adjustment ,Proxy (climate) ,Cost savings ,R5-920 ,Acute care ,medicine ,Operations management ,business ,education ,Service line - Abstract
Background Length of stay (LOS) can be used to measure cost savings when expressed in terms of opportunity days. Using simple tools to assess the percent of contribution for opportunity days by facility and service line, along with a financial target and standard proxy cost per day, LOS goals can be established for the number of opportunity days to save for each facility and service line within a healthcare system. Objectives Utilize percent of opportunity day contributions to set acute care facility and service line targets based upon a financial goal for a healthcare system. Methods Targets for LOS opportunity days to save are determined based upon the proportion of the financial goal each facility is expected to contribute to the overall cost savings. An opportunity day is defined as the difference between the number of days a patient stays in the hospital versus the number of days they were expected to stay, determined by Care Science risk adjustment (figure 1). Opportunity days to be saved were translated into an Observed/Expected (O/E) Ratio target for each facility (figure 2). Results LOS reduction efforts resulted in days saved in non-COVID patients, but the negative savings from COVID patients resulted in a net loss of opportunity days when all patients were bundled together (figure 3). Calculations for opportunity days saved were modified to account for the decrease of inpatient volumes and subsequent analysis of the data included stratification for the COVID vs. non-COVID population. Conclusions The model described for combining a financial goal by facility with opportunity days enables the setting of LOS targets for healthcare systems. Further, the model supports tracking progress to targets, including the ability to compare specific patient types, e.g., COVID-19 Positive vs. COVID-19 Negative (figure 4).
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- 2021
50. Developing Endoscopic Services in a Large Health Care System
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John J. Vargo
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business.industry ,Gastroenterology ,Endoscopy ,Outcome (game theory) ,United States ,Multidisciplinary approach ,Health care ,Medicine ,Humans ,Operations management ,Quality of care ,business ,Operation model ,Delivery of Health Care ,Reimbursement ,Service line - Abstract
The economic burden of health care in the United States continues to rise with no sign of letting up. The shift to value-based reimbursement offers a potential solution to maximize the outcome by pegging health care reimbursement to the quality of care provided. The service line concept of gastrointestinal disorders incorporates a multidisciplinary treatment model and maximizes the efficiency of patient-care giver encounters. The concept and implementation of a service line approach in endoscopy operation remain largely nascent even among large health care institutions. This article submits a multidisciplinary endoscopy operation model implemented in the author's institution as a suggestion.
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- 2021
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