Quality and Safety
Evergreen Hospital announced its selection to participate in the Multi-Payer Medical Home Reimbursement Pilot, a nationwide, model program launched May 1 that seeks to fundamentally improve the quality of primary patient care through leading-edge, preventive medical treatment.
Millions of Americans are not receiving needed dental care services because of "persistent and systemic" barriers that limit their access to oral healthcare, says a new report by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council.
Nine emergency department health providers have created a consensus statement that lays out metrics to help reduce ED crowding.
A home care advocacy organization says the Office of Inspector General's recent report about the unnecessary provision of powered wheelchairs to Medicare beneficiaries is misleading and that the real problem is a flawed documentation process.
Hospitals experience drug shortages on a daily basis, which often lead to delayed patient treatment and increased drug costs, according to a new report released yesterday by the American Hospital Association (AHA).
Whether for patients with long drive times in rural communities or set in urban settings for a more convenient and quicker treatment, satellite emergency departments are attractive prospects and as two studies show, a fairly lucrative proposition for a health system looking to develop.
Baptist Hospital East in Louisville, Ky., part of the Baptist Healthcare System, has announced it will open two new Baptist Express Care locations in Walmart stores this month.
Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center of Midlothian, Va., has been voted America's Most Beautiful Hospital by a poll of Soliant.com visitors.
The non-profit charged with running Tennessee's telehealth program is shutting down amid charges that two ex-officials skimmed or misused more than $1 million in grant funding.
Growing up, we are imbued with the knowledge that healthcare is a noble profession. Doctors and nurses are careers to aspire to – callings that parents encourage.