Over many decades, Toyota Motor Corporation developed a Lean production to standardize work and reap the benefit of improved methodologies that impact the quality of a product. The base aims of standardized work are to impact and improve customer satisfaction while eliminating wasted,...
The Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) is pilot testing an international partnership that aims to enhance and simplify the process of medical elective exchanges for medical schools and students worldwide. Using the Global Education in Medicine Exchange (GEMx) system,...
Innovation is a favorite buzzword in healthcare. There are any number of vendors and consultants lining up to sell you a toolkit, seminar, or some other widget to make your organization more “innovative.”
The 21st annual National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week is just ahead, from November 3-9. In honor of all that MSPs do, HCPro is offering you and your colleagues a 20% discount on all of our medical staff and credentialing products from November 4 to 8. Visit the HCMarketplace...
Tucked away on the far side of mountain passes in northeast Oregon, the 25-bed critical access Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande provides much-needed care for a populace that can be cut off from larger facilities by a single snowstorm.
Val Jones, MD, recently spoke with hospital executives (some of whom were physicians) about the overall process of hiring and managing temporary physicians. “What I heard wasn’t pretty,” Jones wrote on the KevinMD website. “I thought I’d summarize their opinions in the form of a mock...
