Risk Management
As value-based reimbursement leads healthcare providers to dig deep for new technologies and create team structures to handle the switch, smaller providers are struggling to cover the costs.
A national project called the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program, funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, has significantly helped to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections in hospitals, according to a study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The union for healthcare workers at Parkview Community Hospital in Riverside, California, claims the hospital violated the terms of a $29 million U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development loan by spending what could amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars on union busting.
UnitedHealth Group Inc. is leaving California's insurance exchange at the end of this year, state officials confirmed Tuesday.
An analysis of more than 4,100 U.S. hospitals shows less than 40 percent have the recommended stewardship programs in place to guide the use of antibiotics for patient care.
The federal government is already pushing providers towards more risk, so it's not surprising that many are going all in by sponsoring a health plan.
As lawmakers debate funding to stop the spread of the Zika virus, insurers are determining the impact of an outbreak in the United States.
Coordination is critical to successfully fending off cybercriminals, Intermountain Healthcare CIO and College of Healthcare Information Management Executives Board Chair Marc Probst told a congressional panel on Wednesday.
Kansas Heart Hospital was the victim of a ransomware attack and after it paid the the first one, attackers boldly demanded a second ransom to decrypt data.
While the healthcare industry grapples with data breaches and privacy and security regulations, there are common pitfalls that are easy to run into without proper planning.