Quality and Safety
After the American Hospital Association released its Accountable Care Organization (ACO) report on start up costs, many health systems are rethinking how they want to structure their organization.
A new study in the August issue of Health Affairs found that increased public health investments at the local level can produce measurable health improvements.
A new academic research consortium has been established to study healthcare and consumer engagement pilot programs in New Jersey.
Earlier this week, the AARP released a report that found the unpaid contributions of family caregivers in the United States in 2009 was approximately $450 billion.
Nearly 70 percent of 341 primary care and multispecialty practices nationwide surveyed by the Medical Group Management Association are already transforming their practices or are interested in becoming a patient-centered medical home.
Late last week, Transcept Pharmaceuticals announced that it will reduce its staff by 45 percent after it received notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejecting the re-application for its insomnia medication, Intermezzo.
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that its Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office are developing a demonstration project to address the costly problem of frequent preventable inpatient hospitalizations of nursing facility patients.
Almost 300 school-based health center programs have been awarded a total of $95 million, announced HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Education Secretary Arne Duncan last week.
Findings from a Harvard University study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine examining one-year results for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts' global payment initiative shows the program is lowering medical spending while improving quality of care.
Healthcare IT is critical as hospitals begin to make the change from delivering volume-based care, to delivering value-based care.