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Medicare mortality rates drop

October 15, 2008 — 9:48am ET | By Anne Zieger
Though overall mortality rates for Medicare patients have dropped, a new study from HealthGrades shows that there are still major discrepancies between different areas of the country. The death rate... Read more...

Case study: WI hospital wins Baldridge with tough standards

April 24, 2008 — 6:59am ET
A Wisconsin health system has become one of five Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award winners by racking up a wide range of successes cutting across employee satisfaction, patient safety and... Read more...

Study: Clinical trials cut mortality rates at hospitals

March 25, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Mortality rates at 494 hospitals around the country that participated in clinical trials for acute coronary syndrome declined, according to Modern Healthcare. Of 174,062 patients treated, only 3.5... Read more...

Study: Tests for drug-resistant infections cut deaths

March 5, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Testing hospitalized patients for drug-resistant infections can cut mortality rates and lengths of stay and can lower costs of care, according to new research by the Advanced Medical Technology... Read more...

Studies: Hospital stroke deaths rise on weekends

February 21, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Two new research studies have found that if a stroke patient enters the hospital at night or on the weekend, they're more likely to die in a hospital than those who arrive during standard business... Read more...

CMS P4P program shows improvements

February 1, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Hospital costs and mortality rates are going down under CMS's pay-for-performance project, according to a new analysis. Under the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration project, which began in... Read more...

Patients in top hospitals have 27% less death risk

February 1, 2008 — 7:59am ET
A new study of U.S. hospitals has concluded that patients admitted to top-rated hospitals have a 27 percent lower risk of dying, and a 5 percent lower risk of complications during their stay,... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: CA presses three hospitals on bypass deaths; HealthMarkets forced to make changes; and much more...

January 9, 2008 — 7:59am ET
> A new state analysis has focused attention on three California hospitals which, according to the data, had the highest mortality rates for coronary bypass surgery in 2005. Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Great Plains mortality rates among the lowest

December 18, 2007 — 7:59am ET
For reasons that aren't exactly clear, Minnesotans and residents of other Upper Great Plains states have lower mortality rates than many other parts of the U.S. The thing is, it's not clear what's... Read more...

MA officials question high hospital death rates

December 6, 2007 — 7:59am ET
Despite the state's overall reputation for excellent care--and the presence of high-profile institutions like Beth Israel Deaconess and Massachusetts General--at least one study suggests that... Read more...
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