Quality and Safety
Even hospitals that are successful at reducing 30-day readmissions today are compared against peers -- and that means they have to continuously get better just to keep up.
Texas Hospital Association creates 'Smart Ribbon' to help doctors better understand cost of orderin…
Baylor Scott & White Health physicians will have access to the EHR data stream to offer better insights into the cost and impact of their orders.
Power grid instabilities persist. The FDA says improvements to medical supply availability are coming soon. Here's how hospitals are handling the situation in the meantime.
Wide variations in hospital performances can have a major financial impact on patients, health systems and surrounding communities, according to researchers at the health system.
Opioids and heroin play a big role, but so do variations in primary care and mental health services.
After months of delay, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services revealed its Quality Star Rating program.
Studies show that decreasing repetitive daily laboratory testing did not result in missed diagnoses or increase the number of readmissions to the hospital.
Low early testing levels and poor access to care among disadvantaged populations is driving up the expense.
Top earner Palm Beach Accountable Care Organization saved Medicare $62 million, earning $30 million for the ACO.
Report argues hospitals must prepare protocols for dealing with ICE enforcement, ensure safe place for immigrants seeking care.