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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded 10 states nearly $72 million in grants to provide early childhood supports and home visits to families who volunteer to receive these services, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Tuesday.
Speaking at the HIMSS Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas earlier this year, National Quality Forum President and CEO Janet Corrigan said quality measures are essential tools to help "move forward in building high-value health systems," and to bring about "fundamental reform" across the care delivery spectrum.
Nine separate healthcare societies in conjunction with the ABIM Foundation's Choosing Wisely campaign have identified 45 medical tests and procedures that are commonly used but not always necessary in their respective practice areas.
Ana Pujols McKee, MD, has long promoted the importance of patient safety and healthcare quality improvement. Today, she takes those causes to the national level in her role as executive vice president and chief medical officer of the Joint Commission.
The Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI) and its founding health systems announced a set of six challenges for hospitals nationwide aimed at improving the healthcare sector's environmental footprint during a media briefing Tuesday.
Chemotherapy treatments for privately insured patients delivered in an outpatient hospital setting cost 24 percent more than when the treatments are provided in a doctor's office, according to a new study by Avelere Health.
From Twitter accounts to Google Places, social media has become a mainstay in marketing for physician practices. John Lynn, founder of Healthcare Scene blog network and co-founder of Influential Networks, offers seven tips for marketing a physician practice to patients.
Wisconsin actually started, then stopped, building a health insurance exchange (HIX). But as the GOP presidential candidates gear up for Tuesday's primary -- and the Supreme Court mulls its decision on the the Affordable Care Act (ACA) -- the health reform law and its insurance exchanges aren't the only things with a questionable future in the Badger State.
A new study by Avelere Health shows that chemotherapy treatments for privately insured patients delivered in an outpatient hospital setting cost 24 percent more than when the treatments are provided in a doctor's office.
IDC Health Insights has released a new report on best practices for establishing enterprise or community health information exchanges (HIEs).