Quality and Safety

Most patients responded well to medication and/or psychotherapy - sometimes called 'talk therapy' - for their condition.

The money is going to eight community organizations serving underserved areas to boost vaccine confidence.

Racial and ethnic minority enrollees reported significantly worse experiences on four key metrics, most revolving around care access.

If all hospitals performed similarly to those on the top 250 list, on average, 160,256 lives could be saved, Healthgrades says.

The program is created through a Medicare waiver, which permits hospitals to provide acute care at home to Medicare patients.

This week's top stories include a report that the VA did not ensure the quality of data migrated to its new Cerner EHR system, and a federal judge ruling that Martin Shkreli be barred from the pharma industry and ordering him to pay $64.6M.

The vaccine is being marketed as Spikevax for the prevention of COVID-19 in individuals 18 years of age and older.

Errol Weiss, chief security officer at Health-ISAC, talks about the picture for cyber threats to the healthcare industry in 2022, including spearfishing and ransomware.

The percentage of total physician compensation based on quality and cost was modest - 9% for primary care providers and 5% for specialists.

In November, AppliedVR got FDA De Novo clearance for the EaseVRx system to help treat chronic lower back pain. CEO Matthew Stoudt goes into how the technology works and the company's plans going forward.