Quality and Safety

With the difficulties that individuals have already faced in trying to access, shop and enroll online in the health insurance exchanges attracting most of the roll-out attention, it’s easy to forget that every new major online venture also opens consumers to the possibility of fraud.

A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine examined factors what factors may or may not affect hospital CEO compensation.

A new study suggests that hospitals with higher nurse staffing levels may have lower odds of being penalized for readmissions.

Investing in data warehousing may pay off for the healthcare industry, but the key to success lies in how to mine that data.

The quality of care that patients receive in a hospital varies by the type of insurance they have or their lack of insurance, researchers have found in a study in the latest issue of Health Affairs.

A non-profit organization focused on Internet security is looking to develop a set of benchmarks to protect medical devices from potentially fatal cyber attacks.

After almost a year of preparation, 450 healthcare organizations will begin taking part in Medicare's Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative this month. The goal is to evaluate if paying for care by episodes can improve quality and reduce Medicare's costs.

Florida's Baptist Health has devised a more efficient way to manage their medical devices and share risk, and it's helping them place real controls on capital costs.

When it comes to aging with dignity and independence, the enduring dilemma of how people and society should pay for needed long-term care services often grabs the spotlight. But while cost remains a top-tier issue in delivering long-term care, quality from the person’s perspective matters regardless of who pays for the care.

Bobbie Kite, a doctoral student at the University of Texas School of Public Health, sketches out a breakdown of hospital chargemaster lists, thier role the current U.S. healthcare model, and implications of the ACA.