Quality and Safety
A new program seeks to curb healthcare expenses by educating providers to consider issues of cost and value when ordering medical tests and treatments.
Ten healthcare programs were awarded for their charitable community service at the Hospital Charitable Service Conference in Atlanta on Monday.
The Food and Drug Administration today announced the steps it is taking to end the shortage of two important cancer drugs.
The National Quality Forum is endorsing 14 quality measures on palliative and end-of-life care focused on addressing care management concerns.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has paid $3.12 billion to physicians, hospitals and other healthcare providers who have started to meaningfully use electronic health records to improve the quality of patient care, HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Friday.
Successfully coordinating the efforts between various health and community organizations and engaging patients in a meaningful way are central issues to consider when it comes to the Partnership for Patients initiative, according to several expert panelists speaking on a live webinar Wednesday.
The main factors contributing to regional differences in private healthcare spending are health status and hospital prices, says a new report released today from the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) for the nonpartisan, nonprofit National Institute for Health Care Reform (NIHCR).
In a deal that aims to create a technology company focused on providing real-time data to doctors from both medical records and private payers, Lumeris and payers Highmark Inc., Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and Independence Blue Cross announced they will acquire NaviNet for an undisclosed price.
As the FDA issued draft guidance on biosimilar product development, a new report finds the global market for biosimilars is forecast to reach $4.8 billion by the year 2015.
In a recent WIHI radio show titled "The Social Imperative to Demonstrate That Better Care Equals Lower Costs," Donald Berwick, MD, former administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Gerry Shea, assistant to the president for governmental affairs at the AFL-CIO, spoke on the climbing costs associated with today's healthcare system.