Quality and Safety
Emergency rooms are well known for being stress filled, and with the average wait time to see a doctor around an hour according to a 2008 National Health Statistics Report, it is no surprise that patients suffering from any kind of symptoms find the wait difficult.
Transitions in care can have significant financial impact on healthcare organizations. As technology improves and business paradigms shift, organizations have an opportunity to reduce costs and improve care quality. However, challenges await: it's not easy to make improvements in care transitions.
In a Sept. 7 panel discussion at Vanderbilt University hosted by the Association of Management Consulting Firms (AMCF), industry leaders concurred that the journey from fee-for-service to value-based medicine will not be for the faint of heart.
A newly released report by the National Health Foundation (NHF) documents the successes of a private hospitals program to safely discharge homeless patients and save money for the participating hospitals.
The U.S. healthcare system has long been laden with growing inefficiencies, heightened costs and increasing complexities, all of which have stymied industry progress, according to a new Institute of Medicine (IOM) report.
The global market for infertility drugs and devices will reach nearly $4.8 billion in 2017, said a recent report from Transparency Market Research.
Senior attendings like to quip that the medical students seem to be getting younger every year. They’re not. But the attendings on the wards of American teaching hospitals actually have gotten younger.
Relationships between healthcare organizations and physicians are a growing trend within the industry as more doctors become employees of hospitals. Building healthy working relationships between the two factions is important.
A recent report from J.D. Power and Associates indicates that customers are becoming less satisfied with purchasing prescriptions through mail-order pharmacies as compared to brick and mortar locations, especially in the area of cost.
Instead of admitting certain patients to the hospital, using observation units in hospitals can often be more efficient, result in shorter lengths-of-stay and lower costs, according to a recent study from Health Affairs.