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NewsJAMA study: Isolated, rural hospitals have poorer quality
Despite efforts tying quality of care to provider reimbursements, a study published in today's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association found that critical access hospitals (CAHs) in Read more...
Hospitals in U.S. territories have higher death rates, worse outcomes
As the nation works to overcome healthcare disparities, the U.S. territories are being left out of the discussion. As a result, hospitals in U.S. territories have significantly higher death rates and Read more...
National directory for hospital quality allows patients to shop around
Patients now have a consolidated site through which to compare a host of quality reports on your hospital. And hospital execs have one place to go to check out their competitors. It's the National Read more...
AHRQ: Healthcare quality improving, but disparities still exist
Improvements in healthcare quality inched up nationwide with a median change of 2.3 percent in 2010, but quality and access for minority and low-income groups remained "suboptimal" at the same time, Read more...
ACO conundrum: Market consolidation could push prices up
What can be done to prevent accountable care organizations from becoming monopolies that push prices up? That's a question government officials are wrestling with, the Fiscal Times reports. At least Read more...
Health system giants launch collaborative to raise quality, cut costs
A group of high-profile healthcare systems are not waiting around for the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to tell them what works in terms of improving quality and reducing costs. Read more...
Pushing patient safety takes more guts than we've seen
Getting physicians to comply with hospital hand hygiene rules has long frustrated hospital patient safety officers and quality managers. We all know inadequate hand hygiene spreads infections. And Read more...
Doctors and hospitals must play together or risk extinction
As recently as five or 10 years ago, if a hospital made a doctor unhappy, the doctor could just pick up his marbles and move to another hospital. But the rules and cultural norms are changing, Dr. Read more...
U.S. healthcare once again lags behind other developed nations in quality
Lack of access and equity combined with poor efficiency are primary factors in why the U.S. ranks dead last in healthcare quality when compared with six other industrialized nations in a new report Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Healthcare bankruptcies rare in Japan
While some say healthcare costs are responsible for the majority of American bankruptcies, apparently such bankruptcies are almost unheard of in Japan, according to one researcher who has studied its Read more...
| Press ReleasesHealthfirst Health Plan Partners with MedAssurant in Commitment to Quality OutcomesHealthfirst Implements MedAssurant's Star Advantage™ Solution to Expand Insight and Toolset to Best Achieve CMS Five-Star Quality Ratings Goals BOWIE, Md., Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MedAssurant, Read more >> Louisiana Selects Arcadia Solutions for Healthcare Quality Forum ProjectLeading provider of Health IT services leverages experience with private, not-for-profit organization to improve healthcare quality and efficiency in Louisiana BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Read more >> India's Health IT Leader Meeting in OctoberDUBAI, UAE, October 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The healthcare system in India is facing similar challenges to those faced in the United States during the Bush administration. These challenges include Read more >> Health Dialog Makes Prostate Cancer Testing Decision Aid Publicly AvailableCompany Shares Expert Information to Help Patients Decide as Test Controversy Heats Up BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- According to a draft report, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) will Read more >> New Technology Revolutionizes Disinfection Method to Reduce Spread of Deadly “Superbugs” in Medical FacilitiesBio-Intervention Specialists Offers a New Approach for Terminal Disinfection DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hospital-acquired infections are one of the largest challenges affecting both the safety of Read more >> |
