Quality and Safety

The majority of emergency department directors in a recent survey report inadequate on-call trauma coverage, and nearly one-quarter report a loss or downgrade of their hospitals' trauma center designations.

Diabetes care for Native Americans is significantly underfunded, although that population has the highest per capita incidence of diabetes in the United States.

The Health Resources and Services Administration at the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded nearly $8 million for existing Community Health Center Cooperative Agreements, which will provide additional technical assistance for the organizations that support community health centers.

H.D. Smith, a Springfield, Ill.-based pharmaceutical wholesaler, has been selected by the Moffitt Cancer Center as its primary pharmaceutical supplier of critical therapies designed to help patients undergoing treatment for cancer.

The 2010 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey finds the US lags behind other rich countries in health care system performance.

A federal report shows more than 14 percent of Medicare patients who enter the hospital are harmed by errors or oversights before they leave.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has formally established the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is requesting stakeholders - particularly physicians - to give their two cents on accountable care organizations.

Just two months from January 1, 2011, the date set by CMS for 5010 Level 1 compliance, only a small percentage of companies will be ready to hit the ground running when the New Year strikes and it is likely that many companies won’t begin testing until the second half of 2011.

Portico Systems, a Philadelphia-based developer of integrated provider management solutions, has announced the launch of its Master Data Management (MDM) solution.