Quality and Safety
With healthcare costs and chronic disease rates continually rising each year, it will only become more difficult for both employees and employers (who must pay to insure their employees) to keep up financially, which is why successful employee wellness programs are becoming an increasingly important asset in the workplace.
As the healthcare industry works to attain the so-called Triple Aim of affordability, access and quality, doctors will be key said Christine Cassel, MD, Thursday during a leadership conference in Maine.
A new study reveals that financial risk plays a role in underuse of hospice care in the United States.
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that False Claims Act recoveries in 2012 set records, including for healthcare recoveries, which topped $3 billion.
The market for brain health technology will exceed $1 billion by year's end, and will likely hit somewhere between $4 and $10 billion by 2020, according market researcher SharpBrains. The growth is driven largely by the aging of the population.
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the American College of Nurse Practitioners will consolidate effective Jan. 1. 2013, the two membership organizations announced last month.
The costs associated with treating morbidly obese patients continue to rise, according to a report released Monday by healthcare supply contracting firm Novation.
Research has shown that healthcare organizations with high employee engagement scores tend to have better patient outcomes overall, according to Murat Philippe, principal consultant at Avatar HR Solutions in Chicago.
Hospitals and healthcare systems across the country will soon be facing large cuts in Medicare if the U.S. Congress cannot reach an agreement on an alternative deficit reduction plan in order to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, therefore it's a good idea for these organizations to start being proactive.
Increased adoption of consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) and an increased emphasis on employee health management programs helped U.S. employers hold their health benefit cost increases to an average of 4.1 percent in 2012, the lowest average annual increase since 1997, according to a new survey from global consulting firm Mercer.