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National study names 75 hospitals as 'best value'
A group of 75 hospitals have been named by research firm Data Advantage as offering the highest quality of care in the U.S. These 75 facilities came out on the top of the firm's 2009-2010 Hospital... Read more...
Study: Rescue rate, not complications, singles out great hospitals
Until recently, much analysis of hospital performance has assumed that complication rates are an important element in analyzing which hospitals performed well and which ones didn't. Now, a new study... Read more...
Hospitals' financial health improving
While things aren't exactly easy in hospital land, it appears that their financial health is improving overall, according to a new study released Wednesday. A Thomson Reuters piece found that all... Read more...
Illinois hospital data finally goes online
At long last, Illinois will begin publishing hospital performance data on a state-run website. We say "at long last" because the laws requiring the reports were passed a whopping five years ago, in... Read more...
CMS adds readmission rates to hospital performance measures
In another sign that they are emerging as a focal point for quality ratings, CMS has added readmission rates as one of the hospital performance measurements listed on its Hospital Compare website.... Read more...
Moody's urges hospitals to remember record-setting healthcare bankruptcy
In 1998, the U.S. healthcare industry saw what was, at that time, the biggest bankruptcy filing ever by a not-for-profit health system. Allegheny Health & Education Research Foundation, a $2... Read more...
Joint Commission releases 2009 standards
The Joint Commission has made some changes for 2009, including revised standards, rationales and performance requirements for 2009. The new standards, which will take effect Jan. 1, 2009, are now... Read more...
