Quality and Safety
The search for the best cancer therapy for individual patients pushed the personalized medicine market above $28 billion last year.
When asked to choose a healthcare provider based only on cost, consumers choose the more expensive option, according to a new study funded by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) that appears in the March issue of Health Affairs.
A new report from IT solutions firm CDW Healthcare finds that 84 percent of doctors and nurses feel patient care is improved by using healthcare information technologies. The company says HIT can also lower care costs.
Hackensack University Health Network and the North Shore-LIJ Health System announced Monday an agreement to establish a strategic alliance.
A new study published in the March issue of Health Affairs shows that doctors who have computer access to patients' test results in an ambulatory care setting are more likely to order imaging and lab tests.
Since joining the Premier healthcare alliance last year, Edward Hospital & Health Services has saved $3.5 million while improving clinical quality and patient safety.
Home-based care management company Univita Health has acquired HME and DME provider All-Med Services of Florida, in a deal that adds more than 1 million patient lives to Univita's book of business.
When Wes Bledsoe the co-founder of Oklahoma City-based citizen’s advocacy group, A Perfect Cause, gets into heated discussions about allowing sex offenders to reside in nursing homes, he is not above using shock value to get his point across. “Put them in day care centers with children,” he says.
The recently released report, "The Financial Impact of Breached Protected Health Information: A Business Case for Enhanced PHI Security," highlights the need for organizations to adopt a new method to evaluate the value of PHI, said the leaders of the PHI Project. Along with a five-step method featured in the report, six additional findings help stakeholders understand the influences behind finances and breached PHI.
Common surgeries for workplace injuries generally cost less in states that have adopted per-procedure fee schedules, versus states that don’t use fee schedules, according to a recent report by a Massachusetts-based industry research group.