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isPermaLink="false">http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/?p=2043</guid> <description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, ME, September 21, 2011 – Veteran healthcare industry executives Hud Connery, Tom Day, LeeAnne Denney, and John R. Morrow today announced that they have combined their respective companies (Performance Management Institute, LLC, of Portland, ME; The Healthcare Management Council, Inc., of Needham, MA; Health InfoTechnics, LLC, of Nashville, TN; and The Ratings Guy, LLC, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2011/10/hospital-industry-veterans-launch-ivantage-health-analytics-inc-to-help-providers-meet-the-demands-of-the-new-healthcare/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>HMC&#8217;s OPPE Component &#8211; Now Available!</title><link>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2011/01/hmcs-oppe-component-now-available/</link> <comments>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2011/01/hmcs-oppe-component-now-available/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:47:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[HMC News]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/?p=2002</guid> <description><![CDATA[My husband reached a milestone a few months ago – his first screening colonoscopy.  The prep and procedure went surprisingly well; he looked good and seemed “with it” when he came out of the procedure room (although I found out later he remembered next to nothing!).  According to the nurse who reported out, he had [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2011/01/when-a-result-is-not-a-result/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Want to improve healthcare ROI?  Compare clinical utilization.</title><link>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/12/want-to-improve-healthcare-roi-compare-clinical-utilization/</link> <comments>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/12/want-to-improve-healthcare-roi-compare-clinical-utilization/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:16:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/?p=1964</guid> <description><![CDATA[This recent article revealed that physician self-referrals of imaging services other than standard x-rays resulted in higher costs with no demonstrable improvement in quality of care or patient convenience.  Yikes.  The implied promise when physicians lobbied to purchase complex medical equipment like ultrasounds, mammogram machines, MRIs, CT Scanners, and the like was four-fold – improved [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/12/want-to-improve-healthcare-roi-compare-clinical-utilization/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Checklists?  Check!</title><link>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/11/checklists-check/</link> <comments>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/11/checklists-check/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:54:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/?p=1952</guid> <description><![CDATA[One simple tool – a checklist – is known to reduce the risk of costly mistakes, strengthen patient care, and improve overall patient health outcomes. A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that using the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “Surgical Safety Checklist”– which requires surgical teams to complete certain tasks before [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/11/checklists-check/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Work Backward to Move Forward</title><link>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/11/work-backward-to-move-forward/</link> <comments>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/11/work-backward-to-move-forward/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:34:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/?p=1947</guid> <description><![CDATA[By Michelle Gray-Bernhardt &#8220;Solution-oriented&#8221;: have you heard this term? A solution-oriented approach focuses on outcomes over challenges. It works backward – it starts with an ideal situation, and then determines steps necessary to attain the ideal situation. A problem-focused approach analyzes the problem itself in detail before taking action. A solution-oriented approach dwells on solutions; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/11/work-backward-to-move-forward/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Internet Anonymity &#8211; truth or noise?</title><link>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/11/internet-anonymity-truth-or-noise/</link> <comments>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/11/internet-anonymity-truth-or-noise/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:36:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/?p=1937</guid> <description><![CDATA[By Shelley Burns One promise of the Internet was that it offered a Utopian vision of collaboration – a community of truth-seekers motivated by their desire to improve. But somehow, it came about that the Internet Utopia was only possible through anonymous commentary. That meant that people’s names must be hidden, shielded to promote the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/11/internet-anonymity-truth-or-noise/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Nurses takes on their breaks</title><link>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/11/nurses-takes-on-their-breaks/</link> <comments>http://www.hmc-benchmarks.com/2010/11/nurses-takes-on-their-breaks/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:12:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid
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