Investment risk in a pension, operating reserve, endowment, and other asset portfolios can negatively impact financial resources and impede operating flexibility. We believe hospitals and health care ...

The Lown Institute Hospitals Index named the top 10 hospitals for cost efficiency. The institute used clinical outcomes and cost Medicare fee-for-service claims for patients hospitalized from 2020 to ...

The assessment of hospital efficiency and performance evaluation remains a critical issue in healthcare systems worldwide. Researchers have long sought to develop robust models that both quantify ...

These exacting requirements do not, however, preclude hospitals from being energy efficient. In fact, health care facilities are under increasing pressure to contain costs and to achieve an improved ...

Many facilities built in the 1970s and ’80s continue to operate and maintain aging induction-based air conditioning units originally installed in each room or space. Not to be confused with fan-driven ...

Silvia Aparecida Corrêa Sanches, an administrative supervisor with 15 years of experience in the hospital sector, is leading the adoption of continuous improvement methodologies—such as Lean Six Sigma ...

When independent hospitals are acquired by multi-hospital health systems, they experience boosts to profitability and efficiency, according to a new study published in the Journal of Political Economy ...

Hospitals across the United States are always looking for ways to reduce costs and avoid medical malpractice lawsuits, while not sacrificing quality of health care. So how are hospitals impacted when ...

PHOENIX — The leader of a group that looks at hospital efficiency has an idea what the Veteran’s Administration should be looking for in a new director for its hospital in Phoenix. Gene Schneller is ...

Honeywell International Inc. HON has been chosen by Melton Hospital to manage the latter’s building automation systems to improve energy use and efficiency. This Australia-based 274-bed hospital will ...

Rwanda has embarked on a transformative journey to achieve universal healthcare through innovation and strategic planning. A key player in this mission is King Faisal Hospital Rwanda (KFHR), the ...