Acute Care
Model allows a system to expand their presence without making major capital commitments, or having to locate huge parcels of land.
The low-cost hospitals with good outcomes are the ones that spend more when the patient is there, and less when they leave.
From 2015 to 2016, death rate for all of its hospitals dropped from 15 to 12 percent for severe sepsis/shock, 12 to 9 percent for all sepsis cases.
That's been beneficial to hospitals, which have seen reductions in uncompensated care and overall improved financial performance, analysis showed.
U.S. minorities tend to receive fewer medical services considered effective like flu shots, aspirin following heart attack, study author says.
The authors tout education as the most prudent means of addressing the issue.
There is often a cultural gap between doctors and patients that can negatively impact patient outcomes, Harvard Business Review article says.
The influx is prompting more clinicians to rethink the fast-paced emergency room, where default is do everything possible to extend life.
Declining delivery numbers combined with an ongoing nursing staff shortage in the state spelled fate of OB department, hospital says.
Overly aggressive care can hurt patients, generating mistakes and injuries believed to cause 30,000 deaths each year.