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Study: Higher spending for end-of-life care doesn't offer higher care quality
A new study published in Health Affairs underscores a principle that has been shown to apply to the entire U.S. healthcare system--that greater spending doesn't equal better care. The study, which... Read more...
Survey: TX physicians say paperwork hurts patients
A physician survey done by the Texas Medical Association has concluded that doctors feel health plans and government bureaucracy undermine patient care. The survey, which polled 850 of the state's... Read more...
MA puts hospital costs, ratings on the web
Like a growing number of its peers, the state of Massachusetts is taking transparency to a whole new level. Residents now have access to a website that allows them to directly compare the cost and... Read more...
Survey says: Hospitals not treating pain sufficiently
Hospitals are not treating pain as well as they could, says a new survey out today from the New England Journal of Medicine. The survey, which was done in hospitals from 40 major metropolitan areas,... Read more...
Health plan quality improves, while federal payers lag
Over the last nine years, the quality of care delivered to patients enrolled in health plans submitting data to the National Committee for Quality Assurance has continued to improve, though federal... Read more...
11 more communities tapped by HHS collaborate to share quality, price info
Joining 14 communities already participating in the program, 11 new communities have been named by HHS as Chartered Value Exchanges, collaboratives focused on improving care quality, and sharing... Read more...
Study: Majority of patients want EMRs
A new study from the Commonwealth Fund suggests that the majority of patients would like to see doctors move to electronic medical records, with many suggesting that EMRs would help to improve care... Read more...
CMS will pay more than $36M in quality reporting
CMS has announce that it will pay out more than $36 million in incentives money to providers who reported data on quality of care delivered between July 2007 and December 2007 as part of its... Read more...
FL will post preventable readmissions on website
In their own unusual take on transparency, Florida officials have decided to post data on potentially preventable hospital readmissions on the Web. The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration... Read more...
Joint Commission delays medical-staff standard
The Joint Commission has decided to push back the date for hospitals to implement a new medical-staff standard, MS.1.20, pending further review. Hospital executives previously had expressed concern... Read more...
