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Healthcare Organization of the Month

Metro Health in Wyoming, MI is the Healthcare Organization of the Month for January.

Click here to learn how every member of the Metro Health team plays a role in helping the organization deliver on its Passion for Excellence goals and helping the organization provide the community, patients, physicians and fellow employees with the best experience.

The Road to Emergency Department Excellence: How the New Standardized Metrics Can Help Us Transform Our Industry

Read one of our new white papers, The Road to Emergency Department Excellence: How the New Standardized Metrics Can Help Us Transform Our Industry, and learn why the standardized definitions for key emergency department metrics are a significant milestone for the industry as a whole, for individual hospitals, and of course, for the patients who will ultimately benefit from emergency department efforts to improve these time stamps and intervals. Click here to read more and access tools such as an ED Metrics Crosswalk and an ED Definitions Poster.

EMR Implementation: An Opportunity To Shore Up Physician Relationships

Read the article that features Quint Studer in Becker's Hospital Review and learn keys to smooth implementation of EMR.

Now Available for On-Demand Viewing:

Operational Framework for Medical Staff Integration
Presented by: Quint Studer, Founder, Studer Group

Featuring a Bonus Interview on Physician Burnout with George Ford III, MD, Methodist Stone Oak Hospital & Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital.

To receive an email the day the webinars are launched, register on our website by clicking here.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Wright Lassiter and David Fox for being featured in the Health Leaders Article, 20 People Who Make Healthcare Better.

Also, the Leapfrog Group has awarded their annual top hospitals. Congratulations to the following Studer Group partners for making the list of the chosen hospitals. Thank you for your dedication to making healthcare better!

2011 Leapfrog Top Hospitals

Baptist Health South Florida Homestead Hospital (FL)
Bon Secours St. Francis Health System - Downtown (SC)
Brigham and Women's Hospital (MA)
Hackensack University Medical Center (NJ)
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center (CA)
Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center (CA)
Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (CA)
Montefiore Medical Center, Weiler Division (NY)
Presbyterian Hospital (NM)
The Valley Hospital of Ridgewood (NJ)

2011 Leapfrog Top Children's Hospital

CHOC Children's (CA)

2011 Leapfrog Top Rural Hospitals

Mariners Hospital (FL)
Sebasticook Valley Hospital (ME)

Ask the Expert

Q: How can a physician effectively use AIDET^SM in 7 minutes or less?

Enhanced Learning Lab!

The Studer Group Learning Lab is comprised of resources that are harvested, tested, and refined from partners across America. Based on your input, we've recently made some major enhancements that make the Learning Lab easier to use and navigate.

Brand new Rounding Suite: Access new training videos and vignettes on Leader Rounding on Employees, Leader Rounding on Internal Customers and Leader Rounding on Patients.

Brand new HCAHPS Suite: Access new videos and tools to understand HCHAPS basics and scoring.

Insights from Studer Group Experts

How much is "a lot"?

The words "a lot" are often used to describe a perceived need or demand. When you hear them it's time to dig deeper. Without proper diagnosis the words can lead to unnecessary expense and unwarranted actions.

Inside the Industry

CMS Launches Tools and Initiatives to Help Improve American Health Care Quality (A resource exclusively for Studer Group Partners)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new tool for patients and caregivers and other enhanced initiatives today to empower consumers to make informed choices about their health care, and to help improve the quality of care in America's hospitals, nursing homes, physician offices, and other health care settings.