Rene Letourneau
The National Quality Forum (NQF) board of directors has endorsed two measures that address all-cause unplanned readmissions in hospitals -- an area of healthcare targeted for improvement given national imperatives to make healthcare safer, more affordable and keep people healthy.
In order to control the overall cost of healthcare in the U.S., stakeholders must focus on high-cost patients with chronic conditions, David Blumenthal, MD, told an audience at NEHI's Bridging the Innovation Gap conference in Boston on Thursday.
Merger and acquisition activity in the healthcare industry posted strong gains during the first quarter of 2012 over the prior and year-ago quarters, healthcare M&A data publisher Irving Levin Associates reported Wednesday.
The U.S. Department of Labor recently launched a new online tool that will allow current and prospective healthcare workers to explore more than 80 occupations, identify local education and training programs and tap into current job listings.
The outlook for the global pharmaceutical industry remains negative as any potential revenue over the next 12-18 months is likely to be offset by losses from the upcoming expirations of major patents -- known as the patent cliff -- according to a new industry report by Moody's Investors Service.
Workforce management firm Kronos announced Monday its acquisition of UK-based SMART Computer Holdings and its Spanish affiliate SMART Human Logistics.
Led by the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS), six healthcare organizations today announced the start of a major initiative to improve the medical liability system in the state.
To improve America's lackluster performance on health outcomes compared with its peer nations and to maintain its international competitiveness, the United States needs to invest more in its public health system and spend public health dollars more efficiently, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.
Targeted geographic expansion into new markets with well-insured people is the new frontier for hospitals seeking a competitive edge in the marketplace, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) published in the April edition of Health Affairs.
The New Year brought a surge in turnover among the nation’s CEOs, with 123 leaving their posts in January, according to a recent report from global outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas (CGC). Healthcare led the pack with 25 departures, up from nine a year ago.