Quality and Safety
Within the same hospital, some doctors are three times more likely to prescribe an opioid than other doctors, and patients treated by high-prescribing doctors are more likely to become long-term opioid users.
Survey shows physicians are held to similar or higher standards as significant others when it comes to starting, maintaining a relationship.
The incoming board includes a new chair, Ronald W. Holder Jr., and five new board members comprised of healthcare business executives from around the country.
Company has become the second-largest urgent care provider in the country with facilities across Arizona, North Carolina and Texas.
Rules strengthen patients' rights considerably and call for caregivers to be informed and engaged in plans for patients' care.
The law, passed in 2008, stipulates that emergency rooms give information about "morning-after" pills to sexual assault victims.
Project will help more than 750 hospitals implement enhanced recovery after surgery protocols.
Vizient survey finds 89.5 percent of hospital executives said protection of patients with pre-existing conditions must be kept.
Group says it wants to improve timely access to care and reduce administrative burden.
As health care costs continue to rise, hospitals and doctors are trying to figure out how to find these patients and get to the root of their problems.