December 19, 2008 - Brigham and Women's Hospital is a leading hospital nationally on measures of patient satisfaction.
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December 19, 2008 - Duke University Hospital leaders say that ensuring patient satisfaction requires both organizational and tactical strategies.
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December 19, 2008 - Flowers Hospital, a community hospital located in southeast Alabama, climbed from average to exemplary on process-of-care, or "core" measures, across four clinical areas--heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and surgical infection prevention--in just two years.
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December 19, 2008 - By focusing intently on patient–staff interactions and patients' needs, Hutcheson Medical Center has turned around its quality and financial indicators in the last two-and-a-half years.
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December 19, 2008 - By focusing on patient satisfaction and engaging frontline staff in improving care, Munson Medical Center has become one of the better large hospitals in the United States in terms of overall patient satisfaction.
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November 20, 2008 - To build trust with patients and improve continuity of care, a tribally run ambulatory clinic in Southern California assigned patients with chronic conditions to one of several teams of providers.
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September 30, 2008 - Pittsburgh-based Allegheny General Hospital, with 829 beds, is part of the six-hospital West Penn Allegheny Health System and a partner in the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative.
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September 30, 2008 - OSF HealthCare is an integrated health care network that includes six acute care hospitals in Illinois and Michigan, ranging in size from 42 to 710 beds. It is owned and operated by the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, based in Peoria, Ill.
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September 29, 2008 - The Johns Hopkins Hospital is a 900-bed academic medical center affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and is one of three acute care hospitals in the Johns Hopkins Health System.
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September 29, 2008 - VHA, Inc. (formerly Voluntary Hospitals of America), is an Irving, Texas–based health care cooperative serving not-for-profit organizations nationwide. This initiative involves ICUs in diverse community hospital settings.
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September 26, 2008 - Concord Hospital is a 295-bed, not-for-profit community hospital, located in Concord, N.H.
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September 26, 2008 - Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is a 569-bed, level-one trauma center located in Norfolk, Va. It is one of six hospitals in a regional integrated health care delivery network operated by not-for-profit Sentara Healthcare.
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September 15, 2008 - Legacy Good Samaritan hospital is part of the Legacy Health System, which includes two tertiary hospitals, three community hospitals, the largest children's hospital in Oregon, as well as primary and specialty care clinics, hospice care, and a full-service research facility.
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September 15, 2008 - Rankin Medical Center in Brandon, Mississippi, is a small community hospital with about 90 active acute care beds and serving five rural and suburban counties.
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September 15, 2008 - St. Mary's Health Care System recently celebrated its 100th year of service in Athens, Georgia. Located 70 miles from downtown Atlanta, it operates 165 beds (with a capacity of 195), and has about 10,000 inpatient admissions annually.
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