Patient Engagement
Contradictory results between how patients view home health agencies and how the government rates them are hardly unusual. One in five agencies had clinical and patient ratings that differed by two stars or more, a Kaiser Health News analysis of government records shows.
More women with breast cancer -- and an increasing number without -- are choosing to have mastectomies over more breast-sparing procedures. And nearly half don't spend a single night in the hospital but go home the same day, new government data show.
St. Clair Hospital in Pittsburgh and Experian Health, the healthcare-focused business branch of Experian, announced a new online cost transparency tool Monday called Patient Estimates that will make it easier for patients to get a clear picture of what their out-of-pocket financial obligations will be for services at the Hospital or it's outpatient centers.
Pain care for patients already taking opioids can be improved by bringing together multiple non-opioid treatment strategies during hospitalization, a new study has found.
Injuries that brought a patient to the emergency room were most likely to have involved steps or stairs, according to the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, a resource maintained by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. According to their recent data, which concerned the year 2014, 1.14 million trips to the ER involved the common household fixture.
A new report from the Center for Improving Value in Health Care reveals significant variation in payments in Colorado for hip and knee replacements between private health insurance payers and Medicare: Coloradans with private insurance in the northeast pay $55,000 more than their neighbors with Medicare, while those in Denver pay $17,000 over Medicare prices.
In Baltimore's poorer neighborhoods, where problems are plentiful and solutions scarce, Total Health Care strives to correct disparities in access and treatment long faced by people who struggle to get by.
West Coast retail clinic operator Zoom+ on Monday opened its 32nd facility, as the provider of on-demand healthcare continues to grow amid surging interest in retail healthcare.
In a recent study, Truven Health Analytics found more than a $10,000 price variation in bundled spending for knee and hip replacement, depending on geography.
DignityHealth next month will break ground on one of four small hospitals in Las Vegas, part of a plan to bring more care to underserved neighborhoods of the famous desert city.