Journal for Healthcare Quality is pleased to offer the opportunity to earn continuing education (CE) credit to those who read this article and take the online post-test. This continuing education offering, JHQ 4841 (Oct-Dec 2026), will provide 1 hour to those who complete it appropriately.
Earn CPHQ Continuing Education credit through your subscription to the Journal for Healthcare Quality (JHQ). Read the JHQ CE article, score at least an 80% on the post-test, and complete an evaluation. A copy of the JHQ article is included.
JHQ Continuing Education Article:
Intervention Bundle to Reduce Hospital Length of Stay in a Quaternary Academic Department of Surgery
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the components of a bundled intervention designed to reduce hospital length of stay (LOS) in an academic surgical department.
- Analyze the mechanisms by which interventions targeting observed and expected LOS influence throughput, LOS index, and cost.
- Describe the impact of system-level LOS interventions on operational outcomes, including LOS index, readmissions, and healthcare costs.
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