IMPORTANCE In 2010, national payers announced they would begin using patient satisfaction scores to adjust reimbursements for surgical care. OBJECTIVE To determine whether patient satisfaction is independent from surgical process measures and hospital safety. DESIGN We compared the performance of hospitals that participated in the Patient Satisfaction Survey, the Centers for Medicare & Medi...

Background and Objectives: Appropriate attitude about Enjoining good and forbidding evil (EGFE) as two fundamental topics in Islam that are known as a social phenomenon can use as a powerful tool in Islamic organizations to promote happiness, management improvement and correction of defficiencies. The objective was to assess attitude of hospital staff regarding enjoining good and forbidding evi...

Background: The notion of “just culture” has become a way for hospital administrations to determine employee accountability for medical errors and adverse events. Method: In this paper, we question whether organizational justice can be achieved through algorithmic determination of the intention, volition and repetition of employee actions. Results and conclusion: The analysis in our paper sugge...

Currently, there are no national guidelines on appropriate staffing for hospital lactation, and a central goal in today's health care climate is to provide optimal patient care while making the best use of available resources. This article describes a successful effort to improve patient care, lactation productivity, and employee satisfaction through a system of lactation rounds at Oklahoma Uni...

Servant leadership in today’s healthcare settings provides a unique avenue through which to assess leadership behaviors and the relationship to employee satisfaction and healthcare patient satisfaction measures. This study sought to determine the degree that leaders in community hospitals were perceived as servant leaders and the level of employee satisfaction at these rural community hospitals...

Background. cUTI is a frequent cause of hospitalization and results in considerable morbidity and mortality. While this is well appreciated, scant data are available on the economic burden posed by the various Gram-negative pathogens that cause cUTIs. The objectives of this study were to compare hospital length of stay (LOS) and total hospital costs for patients with cUTI due to different Gram-...