Quality and Safety
With patent expirations looming and already passing for some of the nation's bestselling name brand drugs, Big Pharma is facing major revenue challenges in 2012. Here are five blockbuster name brand drugs facing patent expiration.
Teri Fontenot is one of the few women who head a hospital and the one she leads is considered one of the largest freestanding women's hospitals in the country.
With Medicare spending an estimated $12 billion on avoidable readmissions, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, two new programs are being introduced to help curb these costly, unneeded expenditures while improving patients’ quality of care.
Financial incentives are often a reasonable way to evoke desired behavior change.
Kaiser Permanente's first ever hospital design challenge, Small Hospital, Big Idea, came to a surprise ending this week: a tie.
On Thursday, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that health insurance premium increases in nine states have been deemed "unreasonable" under the rate review authority granted by the Affordable Care Act.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today a four-year, $200-million training program for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) that aims to help increase the number of primary care healthcare workers.
The Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) will host Ohio hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies and federal healthcare officials on Friday, March 23, in Columbus to begin the implementation of the Partnership for Patients program.
As reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Thursday, overall hospital prices have increased over the last year.
HealthGrades, a provider of consumer healthcare information, named America's best 50 and 100 hospitals for 2012.