death rates news from FierceHealthcare
News
Groups urge legislators, president to address healthcare disparities
Sadly, there are often large disparities in between the health outcomes of different minority groups, including higher rates of death from some conditions. Now, with a new president in place,... Read more...
Top hospitals have 27 percent lower death rate
How much better is it to be a patient at the top-rated U.S. hospitals? Well, for one thing, you'll be 27 percent less likely to die, according to a new study released by health ratings organization... Read more...
CA publishes hospital death rates
California has published a study of hospital death rates for eight common conditions and procedures, with initial results suggesting that most hospitals are falling into the middle when it comes to... Read more...
Hospitals finding solutions for ER overcrowding
There's no question that hospitals are struggling, and not just financially: wait times in the ER are up, and frustration and the potential for death or serious complications for critical patients is... Read more...
New study questions benefits of $10 billion angioplasty industry
Over recent months we've seen several studies that questioned the benefit of angioplasty in many of the cases in which it is used; with the number of angioplasties performed per year having increased... Read more...
CMS posts death rate estimates for hospitals
For a long time, hospital-specific death rates were secrets. Administrators argued that publishing such rates was unfair, as it would be easy to make unfair comparisons if rates weren't adjusted... Read more...
Study: Admission day dictates heart failure, length of stay
A new study suggests that heart failure patients admitted to the hospital on Thursdays and Fridays have longer stays in the hospital than those admitted on other days of the week, while those... Read more...
C. diff threat growing across the U.S.
Clostridium difficile has long been known to providers as a common but easily-treated bug whose symptoms aren't a big deal. However, of late a drug-resistant strain of C. diff has become more common,... Read more...
GA minorities suffer big health disparities
A new report concludes that Georgia's minorities suffer significantly worse health than non-minority citizens, with the report awarding an "F" to 16 Georgia counties on scores of minority... Read more...
Study: Older blacks less likely to get cancer treatments
Black patients older than 65 are "consistently less likely" than comparable white patients to receive recommended cancer treatments, according to a new study published in the journal Cancer. The... Read more...
