Tammy Worth
The Massachusetts Nurses Association is attempting to get a referendum to voters that would create staffing ratios in the state's hospitals. The experience of California hospitals provides insight into the real-world impact of such laws.
Hospitals that utilize mobile health vans will tell anyone that bringing needed services to people in underserved areas improves population health, but with accountability and cost effectiveness increasingly important, there is a need to understand the potential financial return on this kind of service.
One thing that strikes fear into the hearts of many physicians is the impending switch from ICD-9 to ICD-10, but experts say preparation and planning should keep their accounts receivable from stalling altogether.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has recommended that hospitals start testing for ICD-10 in 2013, but so far, many have not heeded that recommendation. That mistake could ultimately hit hospitals in the wallet.
The benefit of nonprofit hospitals to their surrounding community has increasingly been coming under scrutiny -- at least in relation to whether or not the benefit is equal to their tax-exempt status.
Not yet in plentiful usage in the U.S., social impact bonds backing healthcare projects could improve care outcomes and reduce costs.
The innumerable amount of healthcare startups need funding to grow. One emerging option is crowd funding.
When Joan Ching decided to take a position at Virginia Mason Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle, people told her that it would be a bad career move.
Lawmakers introduce bill to extend Federal Tort Claims Act liability protection to practitioners volunteering at community health centers and free clinics.
A recent study by a Harvard professor and her European colleagues has elicited a handful of insights about health exchanges similar to the ones that will be implemented in 2014 in the United States.