Acute Care
PAP adherence also was associated with a significantly lower number of emergency department visits and inpatient stays.
UCLA researchers have found that pressure ulcers first form on the inside of the body at a cellular level, says researcher and CEO Martin Burns.
Dr. Jacob Reider, CEO of Alliance for Better Health, explains how technical and business infrastructure can be built to support social care providers.
Less than a quarter of newly certified paramedics are female, and only about 5 percent of EMTs self-identify as black.
Primary care services rendered by hospital EDs come with substantially higher price tags than in primary care settings, data showed.
Events that are less likely to occur, but have greater impact when they do, usually receive fewer training hours.
Overall, hospitals in the CJR model saw a 3.7% decrease in average episode payments for lower extremity joint replacements.
The grant will advance careers in an industry short on labor.
Medically unnecessary rides may add to city congestion, slow response time to actual emergencies and threaten the health of those in need.
Tina Esposito, chief health information officer at Advocate Aurora Health, explains how her organization is using predictive analytics to identify high-risk patients.