Texas Health Harris Methodist-Cleburne: a system approach to surgical improvement
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Case study. High-performing health care organization
- Author(s):
- Lashbrook, Aimee, author
- Contributor(s):
- Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
- Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Commonwealth Fund, December 2009
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Hospital Administration Hospitals, Voluntary Organizational Case Studies Quality Assurance, Health Care -- organization & administration Quality Indicators, Health Care Surgical Procedures, Operative Texas United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Vital Signs. Location: Cleburne, Texas. Type: Private, not-for-profit hospital. Beds: 137. Distinction: Top 2 percent in composite of five surgical care improvement process-of-care measures, among more than 2,300 hospitals (more than half of U.S. acute-care hospitals) eligible for the analysis. Timeframe: April 2007 through March 2008. See Appendix for full methodology. This case study describes the strategies and factors that appear to contribute to high performance on surgical care improvement measures at Texas Health Harris Methodist--Cleburne. It is based on information obtained from interviews with key hospital personnel, publicly available information, and materials provided by the hospital during May through June 2009.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (7 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101547438 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101547438