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Latest Issue Brief Examines Increasing Emphasis on Patient Experience

Patient experience is an area of focus that has become increasingly important to hospital leaders in recent years. A growing number of studies have linked a patient’s experience not just to their overall satisfaction but also to their health outcomes.

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Hospital Nurse Preceptors Prepare to Mentor Pre-Licensure Nursing Students

The Practice-Gap Pilot Project, Mentoring the Next Generation of Nurses for Professional Practice, continues to move along.

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NEONI Implements New Online Clinical Placement System

The Center for Health Affairs and its workforce initiative, NEONI, are proud to introduce their new online clinical placement system, ACE-Ohio.

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Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act Topic of Latest CHAMPS Blog Post

Healthcare employers that have struggled with employees who claim unemployment while not seeking work, or with PRN employees simultaneously receiving unemployment and restricting the hours they work, received some welcome news in February, according to a recent blog post by Andy Dobrin, vice president, CHAMPS Human Resources, a business affiliate…

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April Policy Snapshot Analyzes Dental Care Access Challenges and Solutions

Does the thought of an upcoming trip to the dentist strike fear in your heart? While many people fear dental work, the consequences of not visiting the dentist are scarier.

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Ashtabula and Geauga Counties Release Results of Community Needs Assessments

Ashtabula and Geauga county hospitals and community service organizations now have access to a wealth of current information about their counties’ health needs.

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Emergency Preparedness Grant Application Submitted for Next Funding Year

Under The Center for Health Affairs’ most recent request, the region would receive $1. 43 million in federal emergency preparedness funding during the upcoming year.

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Volume Trends Still Point to a Lagging Economy Says Latest Key Indicators Report

The trend of declining volume continued in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the latest Key Indicators Report, which suggests that a still-lagging economy is likely to blame.  Total patient discharges were down for the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the same quarter of 2010.

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Northeast Ohio Hospitals See Positive Results Through HQN

The Hospital Quality Network (HQN), a nationwide project that falls under the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Aligning Forces for Quality initiative aimed at reducing re-hospitalizations for heart failure patients and maintaining the Heart Failure Measures of Ideal Care, will come to a close in May 2012.

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