Kelsey Brimmer
According to research done by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and published in the May issue of Medical Care, magnet hospitals have both lower patient mortality rates and better patient outcomes, due in part to more investments in nursing at these organizations.
University Hospitals, a healthcare system in northeast Ohio, has joined up with three smaller health systems in the state to create a new purchasing collaborative to save money on supplies and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of care delivery.
Hospitals make more of a profit when surgical patients develop complications finds a new study published Wednesday in JAMA.
A recent study published in Health Affairs showed evidence that when a physician group's quality measures are publicly reported, they are more motivated to improve upon their overall care quality.
Across the country, hospitals and health systems are transitioning to accountable care organizations (ACOs). What does it take to do that?
Maine Medical Center's Vice President of Development and former chair of the board of directors for the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP), Susan Doliner, believes there's reason to be optimistic when it comes to the 2013 fundraising outlook for hospitals and healthcare systems.
While Connecticut's 2014-2015 budget has yet to be finalized, hospitals and healthcare systems in the state are claiming that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposed cuts of more than $500 million in hospital funding over the next two years would be devastating.
In order for the country's healthcare system to survive in the next few years, every healthcare provider is going to have no choice but to make innovative changes and involve patients in the care process. So said longtime health IT advocate C. Peter Waegemann, founder of the now-defunct Medical Records Institute, during a webinar Thursday.
According to a study published last month in Health Affairs, wellness programs linked to health plan enrollment don't seem to lower overall healthcare costs, however, they have been shown to reduce hospitalizations.
The U.S. healthcare system is going to have to gain control over unnecessary spending said Don Berwick and Rosemary Gibson during their respective keynotes at a conference last week for healthcare stakeholders in Maine.