Sentara sees net income climb 81% in first half of 2019
Aug 20, 2019 – based Sentara Healthcare improved its operating revenues and net … first half of fiscal year 2019, according to unaudited financial documents. see article
The Diseconomies of Queue Pooling
Harvard study, May 2015: 39 minutes reduction in LOS using patient assignment software. (The Diseconomies of Queue Pooling: An Empirical Investigation of Emergency Department Length of Stay, Karen Murrell et al) Click here for paper
At Stanford, physician burnout costs at least $7.75 million a year
Physician burnout is a major predictor of physician turnover, which has a high cost. At Stanford Medicine, replacing a physician who leaves because of burnout can cost at least $250,000. So addressing the organizational factors that contribute to burnout becomes more than just a question of helping physicians. It’s a matter of the bottom line. continue