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Quality and Safety

By Beth Jones Sanborn | 02:07 pm | February 12, 2016
The Greater New York Hospital Association is pitching a $2.5 billion plan they say will ensure the financially distressed safety net hospitals throughout the state survive by paying the larger healthcare providers to integrate them into their own systems.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 10:35 am | February 10, 2016
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.
By Jessica Davis | 11:25 am | February 09, 2016
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed new rules on patient record disclosures to ensure substance use disorder patients can participate in new integrated healthcare models without risk of having their records shared inappropriately.
By Susan Morse | 09:28 am | February 09, 2016
Physicians need to have and share analytical information to deliver quality care that drives down costs. But too often valuable findings aren't making it to the right people, according to Deloitte's Dorrie Guest.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 03:01 pm | February 08, 2016
As part of the development of four new operating rooms, the University of Michigan Health System announced Monday that it will become one of the first hospitals in the country to integrate new neurosurgical imaging equipment called BrightMatter.
By Jessica Davis | 10:00 am | February 08, 2016
More than one-third of hospitals aren't meeting National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators performance metrics, a new Ohio State University study on chief nurse executives finds.
By Kaiser Health News | 08:51 am | February 05, 2016
Nearly a third of patients who get colonoscopies to screen for cancer visit a gastroenterologist before having the procedure, at an average cost of $124, even though such visits may be unnecessary, a new study found.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:21 pm | February 04, 2016
The Pardee Hospital Foundation has received $200,000 from the James H. Cummings Foundation and $150,000 from the Cannon Foundation to support ongoing renovations to the North Carolina hospital's operating rooms, part of the facility's Comprehensive Cancer Center Capital Campaign.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 11:13 am | February 04, 2016
Six hospitals in the North Carolina-based Vidant Health system will join Winston-Salem's Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Telestroke Network by the end of the year, Wake Forest Baptist announced in a statement Wednesday.
By Susan Morse | 03:28 pm | February 03, 2016
As of February 2, 67 rural hospitals have closed nationwide since 2010 and another 210 are on the brink, according to a study by iVantage Health Analytics.