Acute Care
There is often a cultural gap between doctors and patients that can negatively impact patient outcomes, Harvard Business Review article says.
The influx is prompting more clinicians to rethink the fast-paced emergency room, where default is do everything possible to extend life.
Declining delivery numbers combined with an ongoing nursing staff shortage in the state spelled fate of OB department, hospital says.
Overly aggressive care can hurt patients, generating mistakes and injuries believed to cause 30,000 deaths each year.
Company also brings with it signature online tool ChatCare, plans to open a further three clinics by year's end.
Report said 6 in 10 hospitals looked at had c-section rates above the national target rate for low-risk births.
Authors caution that the findings should be considered exploratory, but say that the gap could be bridged by continuing education, re-training.
The IG said Medicare should have done an in-depth review of 96 hospitals that submitted "aberrant data patterns" in 2013 and 2014.
NRPM attributed the increases primarily to growth in U.S. allopathic medical school seniors, students/graduates of U.S. osteopathic medical schools.
Health Affairs study shows the current penalty structure leads some hospitals to be penalized persistently, leading to financial burden, study says.