Quality and Safety
Though many hospitals are trying their best to become more transparent, one in five hospitals will not commit to a policy to combat events that should never happen in a hospital, group says.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services is calling on doctors, hospitals and health professionals to participate in a new aspect of the federal government's Million Hearts program, a national initiative to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes between 2012 and 2017.
A former advisor to President Barack Obama is warning healthcare providers to embrace bundled payments as accountable care organizations fall behind in reaping savings from value-based payment models.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday proposed a new rule that would reimburse doctors for end-of-life counseling, the very kind of practice that led to the heated “death panel” debate before the Affordable Care Act was passed.
The testing company that could upend America's diagnostics market will partner with Capital BlueCross in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to bring the company's new direct-to-consumer blood testing options to the insurer's 1.3 million members.
The evolution of deadly, infectious bacteria must be countered with the healthcare system’s own transformation in prevention, consumer advocates and government experts argue.
According to iVantage, these hospitals excel at managing risk, achieving high quality, outcomes and patient satisfaction while running on lower reimbursements and charges than their peers.
The alliance will centralize certain services relating to purchasing and electronic health records and extend physician networks.
Dozens of advocates for saving rural hospitals from closure marched into Washington D.C. on Monday, after walking 283 miles to signify the 283 rural hospitals that are on the brink of closure.
OSHA is extending its National Emphasis Program on Nursing and Residential Care Facilities because the healthcare industry still has more reported workplace injuries than any other general industry.