Special Analysis

  • On Your Mark? The Race to Patient Recommendation

    Net Promoter Score (NPS) is an indicator of patient perception of care receiving a lot of attention. Although NPS is…

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  • Adding Context to Your Patient Satisfaction Conversation

    Net Promoter Score (NPS) is one indicator of patient perception of care, but by itself falls short in helping facilities…

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  • Give your Net Promoter Score a Boost: Focus on Discharge Severity

    Net Promoter Score and its drivers continue to gain attention from MHO’s client hospitals. In this month’s Analytics in Action,…

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  • Can Admission Assessment Help Identify Restraint Risk?

    Adult inpatients are twice as likely to experience a restraint vs. a seclusion. In this month’s Analytics in Action, MHO…

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  • Preventing Seclusions: Admission Predictors

    Seclusions are a rare though not insignificant occurrence on adult inpatient units. What do we know about impacted patients? Can…

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  • The Fifth Patient

    In an ideal world, ALL inpatients would show improvement on clinical outcomes assessments. As it turns out, MOST do improve.…

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  • Mixed Signals in Adolescents

    Stereotypes surrounding attitudes and behaviors of the general teen population run rampant. Left is right. Up is down. In this…

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  • The Dichotomy of Mental Health Needs in Older Americans

    May is both Older Americans Month and National Mental Health Month. Older Americans are sometimes viewed as a single group…

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  • Breaking Point: Suicidality in 2020

    Unemployment, financial and health crises, and family and childcare strain were some of the unprecedented stressors faced by the average…

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  • Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness

    March is Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Awareness Month. In addition to the physical implications of TBI on a person, mental…

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