Quality and Safety
Administration officials including Health and Human Service Secretary Kahtleen Sebelius and CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, MD, Tuesday announced new proposed rules to eliminate obsolete and redundant government healthcare regulations that could save hospitals and providers $1.1 billion annually and more than $5 billion over five years.
The Commonwealth Fund released its third annual national scorecard of 42 indicators of healthcare performance Tuesday, giving the U.S. a score of 64 out of a possible 100.
Making good on the pledge to help fund the development of accountable care organizations (ACOs) as part of its company policy of limiting profits to 2 percent of revenue, Blue Shield of California has announced 18 providers that will share grants totaling nearly $20 million to help them participate more effectively in ACOs.
Medicare has begun publishing patient safety ratings for thousands of hospitals, but the latest data is intensifying objections from the hospital industry and some academic researchers that Medicare is using dubious and unfair measurements in ways that will hurt some hospitals.
A new five-year research deal between health insurer Humana and pharmaceutical company Pfizer will see researchers from the two companies work to reduce inefficiencies in the delivery of healthcare to seniors suffering from a range of chronic conditions.
Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3) has released a new version of its episode of care analysis freeware aimed at helping providers wanting to take part in the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation's (CMMI) Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative.
The Cardinal Health Foundation announced Wednesday that it will award more than $1 million in grants to help U.S. hospitals, health systems, community health clinics and other non-profit healthcare institutions improve the efficiency and quality of patient care.
A quality report released Wednesday says that the country’s nursing facilities have shown measureable improvements in nine of 10 quality measures since 2009.
Concussions and traumatic brain injuries sent more than 248,000 children to hospital emergency departments in 2009, a 57-percent increase over the past decade, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The National Cancer Institute recently awarded $6.3 million to UT Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Hospital as one of three national sites to improve screening for colorectal cancer.