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		<title>Quality Initiatives at Bay Medical Center Result  in Dramatic Drop in Healthcare Mortality Rate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spencer Tepper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA – Overall mortality rates from the end of 2007 to the beginning of 2010, at Bay Medical Center in Panama City, Florida have dropped from 3.4 to 2.1. A 1.3-point drop represents a huge reduction for any hospital and translates into lives saved. To date, Bay Medical Center’s rate for heart attack [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=proccessimprovement.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3071265&amp;post=68&amp;subd=proccessimprovement&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Blog Addresses the Impact of Improving Quality of Care on Hospital Finances</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spencer Tepper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new blog based on the long-standing axiom quality first, finances follow has just debuted at http://hospital-leader.com. The blog is being written by hospital leader Mark Brodeur, FACHE, a former CEO for community hospitals in Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=proccessimprovement.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3071265&amp;post=65&amp;subd=proccessimprovement&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No One Leaves Without Treatment at United Hospital Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The week of Christmas left no one turned away from the Emergency Department at United Hospital Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia. For the first time in years, a zero LWOT (Left Without Treatment) metric appeared on the hospital dashboard. Compirion Healthcare Solutions, a healthcare process improvement firm from Elm Grove Wisconsin, worked side-by-side with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=proccessimprovement.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3071265&amp;post=63&amp;subd=proccessimprovement&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Free Webinar Shows the Effect of Improved Quality on Hospital Finances</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Compirion Healthcare Solutions is hosting a webinar that clearly demonstrates how hospitals that concentrate on quality across all areas, particularly the Emergency Department, financially outperform the competition. By providing a high level of service, as measured by quality and customer service indicators, an Emergency Department will be more cost-effective and business will grow.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=proccessimprovement.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3071265&amp;post=57&amp;subd=proccessimprovement&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Compirion to present Webinar, Preparing Your Hospital for Healthcare Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ELM GROVE, WISCONSIN – A free 40-minute webinar, Preparing Your Hospital for the Impact of Healthcare Reform, is being sponsored by Compirion Healthcare Solutions. The webinar is premiering Wednesday, November 18th at 1:15 pm, CST. Registration information, can be found at http://www.compirion.com/webinars/seminar_healthcare_reform.cfm. This important webinar will help CEOs, CFOs and COOs gain historical perspective on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=proccessimprovement.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3071265&amp;post=49&amp;subd=proccessimprovement&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ED initiative adds $20M in revenues</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reprinted from June 1, 2009 issue of Emergency Department Management published by AHC Media. Lower LWBS Rate, Volume Bring Benefits A process improvement project addressing the entire emergency service line at The Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon is expected to increase hospital revenues by $20 million — $24 million this year, according to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=proccessimprovement.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3071265&amp;post=39&amp;subd=proccessimprovement&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Compirion and Anderson Surgery Center Reduce OR Inefficiencies and Improve Finances</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spencer Tepper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MARYVILLE, ILLINOIS – In the midst of bad economic times, Anderson Hospital’s Surgery Center is thriving, thanks to the devoted efforts of hospital staff and the assistance of a healthcare consulting firm out of Elm Grove, Wisconsin, Compirion Healthcare Solutions. While competing hospitals in the area are seeing a drop in utilization of their operating [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=proccessimprovement.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3071265&amp;post=33&amp;subd=proccessimprovement&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Compirion Healthcare Consulting Generates a 40:1 Return on Investment at the Medical Center of Central Georgia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MACON, Ga., &#8212; The Medical Center of Central Georgia expects to increase its revenues by $20 &#8211; $24 million this year, after an improvement project along the entire Emergency Service Line, including related inpatient departments that began in June 2008. Since the project, the hospital has consistently grown its billable patient volume through the Emergency [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=proccessimprovement.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3071265&amp;post=28&amp;subd=proccessimprovement&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Compirion and Henrico Doctors Hospital Team Up to Improve Quality of Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Henrico Doctors&#8217; Hospital is a full service acute care hospital located in Richmond, Virginia, closely located to its competitor St. Mary&#8217;s Hospital. Early in 2008, Henrico&#8217;s administration decided to address a marked decrease in volume of patients hospital-wide, while St. Mary&#8217;s volume was increasing. After investigation, the problem was found to be in the Emergency [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=proccessimprovement.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3071265&amp;post=17&amp;subd=proccessimprovement&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Anderson Hospital Extends Contract with Compirion to Include Surgical Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Spencer Tepper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MARYVILLE, ILLINOIS&#8230;Compirion Healthcare Solutions, headquartered in Elm Grove, Wisconsin, has been awarded a significant extension to its 26-week process improvement contract with Anderson Hospital. The new contract specifies additional bed control assistance, and new improvements to further the growth of Anderson&#8217;s surgical services. Specific goals covered in the new contract are to increase operating room [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=proccessimprovement.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3071265&amp;post=14&amp;subd=proccessimprovement&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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