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$10 million prize for solution to healthcare problems

October 15, 2008 — 10:06am ET | By Anne Zieger
X Prize Foundation, the group behind the contest that got the first manned private space flight off the ground, is now tackling an even bigger challenge--healthcare reform. The foundation has teamed... Read more...

Allina plans $100 million health innovation center

June 12, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Allina Hospitals & Clinics has launched a $100 million Center for Health Innovation dedicated to public health and healthcare quality. The 11-hospital system plans to spend $10 million annually... Read more...

New Hampshire rolls out hand-washing program

April 30, 2008 — 6:59am ET
New Hampshire's Commission of Healthcare Quality Assurance has rolled a campaign intended to foster safe hand-washing practices in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. The program, which is... Read more...

Report: Quality of care increases slowly

April 23, 2008 — 6:59am ET
A new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality concludes that healthcare quality improvements are slowing. The agency, which has been compiling quality data for five years,... Read more...

Study: Errors caused 200K+ deaths from '04 to '06

April 9, 2008 — 6:59am ET
The story doesn't get any prettier the more often its told. This set of data, from the fifth annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals study, makes a point often made elsewhere--that preventable... Read more...

Study: One of 15 hospitalized children harmed

April 7, 2008 — 6:59am ET
A study using new methodology for detecting errors points up an alarming discrepancy between the level of potential harm children faced in hospitals, and what may actually be happening. The study,... Read more...

MN, WI tops in healthcare quality

March 27, 2008 — 7:59am ET
According to Modern Healthcare, Minnesota and Wisconsin--along with North Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska--ranked tops in the nation in "overall healthcare measure" in an annual report conducted... Read more...

AHRQ: Patient safety improving, but slowly

March 4, 2008 — 7:59am ET
According to a new study by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), patient safety improved between 2000 and 2005. However, the improvement was modest, a mere 1 percent, according to... Read more...

HHS proposes confidential medical error reporting

February 14, 2008 — 7:59am ET
HHS has proposed a plan to allow hospitals and other providers to confidentially report patient safety breaches to HHS intermediaries. The proposed rule, which was required by the Patient Safety and... Read more...

WA insurers offer medical cost, quality info online

February 4, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Washington state insurers have begun to give members more information on healthcare quality and costs, as well as what their neighbors think of local providers. Regence BlueShield, for example, will... Read more...
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