Kelsey Brimmer
According to a new study released from The Commonwealth Fund, patients in the U.S. do not receive notably exceptional care compared with 13 other industrialized countries, despite health costs averaging one-third to two-thirds more than the other advanced countries.
Princeton, NJ – As the shortage of primary care providers is becoming more of a threat to healthcare organizations, a new national program has been created to help identify primary care sites around the country that are using their workforce creatively in order to increase access, provide good quality care and create value at their institutions.
Large data breaches involving sensitive patient information are, unfortunately, all too common and with more and more healthcare organizations using electronic health records (EHRs), companies need to be very concerned about the protection of their data.
The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) released new data last week showing Medicaid payments falling short of costs by $5.28 billion between 2011 and 2015.
Hospitals focus on employee wellness
Charitable pledges to nonprofit healthcare organizations in both the U.S. and Canada slowed in 2010. With these dwindling pledges many healthcare systems are finding it difficult to generate the philanthropic funding necessary to meet their long-term, construction, equipment and patient needs.
With payment reform looming, academic medical centers (AMCs) nationwide are likely going to have to figure out how to deliver the same high-quality care in a more efficient way in order to reduce costs, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCooper’s Health Research Institute.
A recently released interdisciplinary study revealed that very low birth weight infants fare better in hospitals that have earned Recognition for Nursing Excellence (RNE) and are designated Magnet Hospitals by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
New jobs in the healthcare sector continued to grow in April, with the sector adding 19,000, reported the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics today.
Last week, the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) announced the launch of a new accreditation program for small hospitals, which will be offered through the Accreditation Association for Hospital/Health Systems Inc. (AAHHS).