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Do you your first cases always start on time? Starting the first case on time is crucial for maintaining an operating room's schedule. When the operating day is delayed, the...
Optimize the entire ED experience at your organization. Download ED Operational Models: Making the Right Choice, to learn recommendations and strategies for improving patient flow...
Access our free resource to read about practical benchmarking information and learn the next steps for using productive benchmarking strategies that help make the most out of...
The complexity of the health care payment system continues to evolve, shifting from paying for volume to paying for value. With this transformation, hospitals and health systems...
An opportunity exists for health care facilities to focus on effective infection prevention measures for the 40% to 60% of surgical site infections (SSIs) that are preventable....
The schedule is the core of the operating room (OR), and if the schedule is altered by any of several reasons, the entire momentum of the OR can be disrupted.
When it comes to effective OR management, it is all about maximizing efficiency, surgical growth, and cost saving opportunities. Many hospitals today are evaluating their block...
An overview of results from an operational assessment and implementation of the Women's Services in a hospital in the Southeast.
This case study reviews causes of surgical site infection and some recommendations for best practices to combat SSIs.
Press Ganey today announced the acquisition of Soyring Consulting, a leading operations and management consulting firm focused on performance and process improvement.
When it comes to clinics, patients expect quality, efficiency, and cost-effective services. Therefore, clinics must provide quality, efficiency, and cost-effective services.
It is undeniable that the healthcare industry is changing at a rapid pace, but what are the effects on the ambulatory market? Download to learn the impact of environmental...
Access Soyring's free resource to learn six strategies and competencies to assist in transitioning your facility to an integrated value-based approach, including coordination and...
As reduced reimbursements put pressure on leaders to tighten budgets and the amount of capital dollars decline, the need to strategically plan capital purchases becomes crucial.
Dr. Higman discusses that he has seen such entrepreneurial efforts at facilities ranging from academic medical center to small and critical care access hospitals looking to...
Dr. Higman discusses trends in healthcare, such as population health, as well as different types of consulting firms and their specific areas of focus. Dr. Higman also discusses...
According to Denise Davis, a Hologic Mammography Specialist, the device detects 41 percent more invasive breast cancers and reduces false positive results by 40 percent compared...
One of the penalized hospitals in Michigan recently engaged Soyring Consulting to conduct a root-cause analysis to help determine any patterns or trends that could explain the...
Mr. Higman discusses the reconciliation process that follows when surgeons use off-contract items that are more expensive than anticipated.
Converse discusses how improving communication—and ultimately, patient satisfaction scores—influences the potential level of incentives and bonuses, or the reduction in Medicare...
Mr. Kaczor discusses the root causes of contamination and infections, which can lead to issues such as the recent CRE outbreak in hospitals. He also gives a few recommendations...
Mr. Demanche discusses the importance of informing patients about what to expect during an MRI procedure. He also offers solutions that some medical centers are currently using to...
Mr. Higman talks about the increase in affiliations formed between academic medical centers and other well-known medical facilities, and why these partnerships are mutually...
Mr. Higman talks about the increasing prevalence of employers using virtual interviews to screen candidates.
Mr. Higman talks about the most important aspects of salary negotiation, such as researching multiple sources and being specific in requests when negotiating.
With changing and new technologies in the increasingly high-tech world of Sterile Processing, facilities need to support ongoing education to maintain highly skilled technicians.
When it comes to benchmarking for staffing and productivity at any facility, be as inclusionary as possible.
It used to be a word-of-mouth game, working with referring physicians, engaging the community at local events and working as hard as possible to impress upon patients and family...
Recognizing that patient backlogs in the ED are a hospital-wide issue, Soyring Consulting's risk management and quality assurance expert, Jennie Kelly, remarks on how The Joint...
The process of improvement must start with Pre-admission Preparation.
There are many methods discussed today in which to manage cost. The bottom-line is to be vigilant in the monitoring of the daily activity in the department and setting clear...
Mission and vision statements can only tell you so much about a hospital’s priorities.
Over the last 20 years, the amount of elective labor inductions has significantly grown from 1 in 10 to now 1 in 3 births, according to AWHONN.
Layoffs have become common news in the hospital and healthcare industry, especially over the past couple years. Becker’s Hospital Review and Soyring Consulting's Adam Higman...
With the recent implementation of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, hospital payments are being adjusted based on 3 years of claims data (July 2008 - June 2011), which...
Meet Zubin Damania and Florence Jameson: Two physicians with plans for much-needed health clinics in downtown Las Vegas, whose respective business models reveal two distinct...
Soyring Consulting’s Adam Higman and Jerzy Kaczor comment on sterile processing and the dangers of infection in hospitals in the October issue of Men’s Health, available on...
With The Joint Commission taking steps to strengthen its accreditation standards pertaining to patient throughput, Soyring Consulting's risk management and quality assurance...
As of this year, the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) published new perinatal nurse staffing guidelines in an effort to uphold patient...
Citizens Medical Center is waiting to receive a consultant's report on how the hospital can improve its operations. Adam Higman, a consultant and manager of Soyring Consulting in...
Healthcare facilities regularly work to be more process-oriented as they strive to manage healthcare from a process and procedure perspective as a means to enhance quality, foster...
Before you can start visualizing your new hospital, outpatient center, clinical program - whatever your initiative - you need to do your homework.
Adam Higman of Soyring Consulting discusses 10 steps for spine surgeons and groups to take when negotiating contracts with implant vendors.
In ensuring system integrity, the common refrain in IT rings true: garbage in, garbage out.
Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to spine surgeons around the country about clinical, business, and policy issues affecting spine care. Soyring...
Reported and rumored causes for the Nevada Cancer Institute's demise abound: A stand-alone nonprofit clinic didn't have a prayer in this market.
Surgery centers considering expansion can often turn to community demographics for guidance on the most market-appropriate specialties for their patient pool.
Healthcare facilities can strategically tackle OR charge capture by establishing a proficient system that reviews all documented items to be billed and identifies the...
In an increasingly competitive healthcare environment, marketing is becoming ever more important.
Due to recent Medicare changes, healthcare facilities are scrutinizing the basis for admitting patients.
Operating rooms present hospital leaders with many challenges, from maintaining infection control standards to staying on schedule to communicating as a team.
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and similar institutions nationwide, are facing an economic environment where nothing is sacred – not even funding for pediatric...
The scheduling of surgical cases in the Operating Room (OR) is a complex process that, if done inefficiently, can negatively affect patient satisfaction, staff satisfaction,...
With two-thirds of all U.S. hospitals looking for ways to improve the functionality and quality of their organizations, it is essential that hospital leadership address efficiency...
Sixteen South Florida hospitals were named to a list of the top U.S. medical centers on Wednesday, as rated by the nation's leading inspection and accreditation organization.
In continuing with strategies and tips for healthcare executives, Dollars & Sense is taking a look at Advanced Practice Nurses and where they stand in your organization.
Hospital clinical departments are dependent on well-run and operated ancillary departments. You can take a good measure of a well-run ancillary department by assessing its...
Promoting from within or hiring externally, appointing an internal interim manager, or hiring an external management firm - which is best?
In a tumultuous field like healthcare, there are no givens, especially when it comes to profits and losses.
Hospitals typically see greater than 50 percent of their admissions from patients first seen in the Emergency Department, making it the unofficial "front door" of the hospital.
Soyring Consulting’s Manager, Adam Higman, shares some information on business practices to help create a positive environment and culture at orthopedic surgery centers.
Of the two key drivers in cost, labor and materials, labor stands as the area of cost that many hospital leaders are reluctant to pursue.
While reimbursement remains a sticking point, hospitals say devices that help keep patients at home are worth the cost.
Like exercise, process improvement is a discipline and a habit. Day-to-day time limitations often sidetrack managers from reviewing clinical and administrative processes, but...
Product standardization, an important facet of an ambulatory surgery center's supply chain and materials management, must be approached strategically and be carried out diligently.
Materials cost savings has proven to be a delicate proposition. The need to meet or exceed long-term goals must balance with the handling of short-term problems.
In addition to providing patient care, most specialists find it necessary to market their skills to develop a healthy referral network.
Spine surgeons must take all possible measures to decrease infection rates among their patients and produce the best outcomes.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hospitals are on track to implement more mass layoffs in 2010 than the record year of 2009.
New managers are often faced with the daunting task to succeed in their workplace and are given very little guidance at how to do this.
“A career in marketing probably isn’t what most physicians had in mind when they enrolled in Medical School…[but] You’re running a business, and you have bills to pay, says...
In an age where CEOs, Presidents, and Founders are at the forefront of their companies it is important to remember to separate your company brand from your leadership.
Soyring Consulting Senior Vice President, Joyce Converse, was cited in a Health Behavior News Service article on the effects of WIC.
Listen to Denice Soyring Higman's audio interview with HealthLeaders Media discussing increasing patient satisfaction in the Emergency Department by improving patient flow.
Soyring lends its Materials Management expertise to the April cover story for Cardiovascular Business.
"Manage overtime and call pay by appropriately scheduling, using agency staff or float pools to fill in vacancies, and initiating an approval process with few people authorized to...
Denice Soyring-Higman, RN, BSN, MSN, founder and president of Soyring Consulting, a St. Petersburg, Fla.-based clinical health care consulting company, said it pays to evaluate...
Soyring Consulting, a clinical health care consulting company, has hired employees with IT and marketing expertise and is getting ready to start two new service lines.
