Quality and Safety
According to a new Commonwealth Fund study, one in four working-age U.S. adults experienced a gap in health insurance coverage during 2011, in many cases because they lost or changed jobs.
Midmark, a developer of digital diagnostic devices for ambulatory care, is touting its new at-home sleep testing device as an important tool in the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. Officials say it can also reduce costs by as much as 70 percent.
HHS settles with an Arizona physicians' practice for $100,000 over their failure to adequately protect patient health records.
The outlook for the global pharmaceutical industry remains negative as any potential revenue over the next 12-18 months is likely to be offset by losses from the upcoming expirations of major patents -- known as the patent cliff -- according to a new industry report by Moody's Investors Service.
Thirty-three healthcare facilities in six states won recognition Wednesday from the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association for cutting their energy consumption by more than 10 percent.
According to a report released Wednesday by the Department of Health and Human Services, patients with Medicare are starting to save money on durable medical equipment (DME) through the Medicare competitive bidding program.
Led by the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS), six healthcare organizations today announced the start of a major initiative to improve the medical liability system in the state.
Eight children's hospitals across Ohio are finding that collaboration has improved overall care quality, and they are now spreading their findings to 25 other children's hospitals nationwide this year.
Thomson Reuters released its 19th-annual study identifying the 100 top U.S. hospitals based on their overall organizational performance.
Medicare plans on using resource use reports to tie physician reimbursement to quality and costs of care.