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NewsDon't count on financial incentives to improve care quality
The healthcare industry has put much focus on pay-for-performance programs to improve the quality of care. Yet new research questions this approach and suggests that providing financial incentives to Read more...
Patient experience defines quality
Did you catch the study from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business that compared patient satisfaction surveys with clinical performance measures to see which is a better gauge of clinical Read more...
Few for-profit hospitals on HealthGrades' top 50 list
HealthGrades recently announced this year's list of what it considers to be America's 50 best hospitals. All of the hospitals listed demonstrated sustained clinical quality over an 11-year period, Read more...
Church-owned health systems better than secular, study says
Church-owned health systems deliver significantly better quality and more efficient care than secular not-for-profit systems, according to a study released yesterday by Thomson Reuters. Read more...
Pay-for-performance programs becoming more established
A new study has concluded that slowly but surely, pay-for-performance programs are becoming more established as part of the healthcare business. The study, the fourth annual survey on P4P by Read more...
CA group announces 2007 P4P results
California healthcare group Integrated Healthcare Association has announced the 2007 pay-for-performance program results and performance award winners. The IHA found that clinical quality and Read more...
New England hospitals create clinical practice improvement network
A group of nineteen New England hospitals have joined together in a network allowing them to share information about clinical practices and boost their quality improvement efforts. The hospitals are Read more...
| Press ReleasesTenet Announces Doctors Medical Center Modesto Appoints New Hospital CEODALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) today announced that Doctors Medical Center has appointed Warren J. Kirk as its chief executive officer, effective November 28, Read more >> Another 17 Hospitals Achieve Stage 1 Meaningful Use with Certified EHR from Healthcare Management SystemsNASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Healthcare Management Systems Inc.® (HMS) today announced that 17 more hospitals have met Stage 1 meaningful use criteria using the certified electronic health Read more >> Santa Cruz Emergency Physicians to Join CEP AmericaNew partnership will bring enhanced services to Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CEP America and Santa Cruz Emergency Physicians (SCEP) have announced that Read more >> John Muir Health’s Physician Network Recognized for Clinical QualityMedical group one of 11 in California honored for work to fight diabetes and heart disease WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- John Muir Health’s non-profit medical group, the John Muir Physician Read more >> FIGMD CEO Sanket Baralay Presents at the ACC Professional and Corporate Consortium Meeting, October 25th, 2011WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sanket Baralay President and CEO of FIGMD presented “Healthcare in India” at the ACC Professional and Corporate Consortium meeting October 25th at the ACC Heart House in Read more >> |
