Quality and Safety
Hopkins reduced 'red bag' regulated medical waste by 16 percent in part by putting appropriate trash in the correct containers.
CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield and Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions have announced a joint effort to create a clinical pathways program for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic inflammatory disease that affects more than 2.1 million people annually.
With U.S. drug shortages reaching record numbers, President Obama issued an executive order on Monday, directing the FDA to take steps to reduce current shortages and prevent future disruptions.
Grants totaling $4.5 million have been awarded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to support three research centers that focus on clinical preventive services.
Washington governor Chris Gregoire last week proposed cutting at least $664 million from healthcare programs in order to help balance the state's budget.
Pay-for-performance (P4P) does not cause a negative impact on patient outcomes, according to a new study.
Faced with staggering economic woes, Medicaid officials in most states are enacting cost cutting measures for Medicaid spending as the average state contribution to the entitlement program is projected to increase 28.7 percent in FY 2011 to make up for the loss of federal funds, according to a new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.
Informed consent forms can eliminate or negate negligence, said James Gottesman, MD, during a speech this week at the Medical Group Management Association conference in Las Vegas.
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Integrating primary care and behavioral health not only makes sense for patients, it reduces healthcare costs, but it has to go both ways - behavioral health into primary care and primary care into behavioral health - to be most effective, said Kathleen Reynolds, project director, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration-Health Resources and Services Administration, Center for Integrated Health Solutions.