Community Benefit

Thomson Reuters today released its thirteenth annual study identifying the 50 top U.S. hospitals for inpatient cardiovascular care.

Chronically and seriously ill adults who received care from a medical home were less likely to report medical errors, test duplication and other care coordination failures, according to a new international survey from the Commonwealth Fund.

Bundling payments to providers as a means to cut healthcare costs is proving harder to do than originally anticipated, according to a new study from non-profit research organization Rand Corp.

A one-year-old accountable care organization established by Allina Hospitals & Clinic and payer HealthPartners has reported that it reduced medical cost by $6 million in 2010 and reduced the medical cost trend to 3 percent compared with 8 percent in 2009.

So far this year, more than 2.2 million people with Medicare have saved more than $1.2 billion on their prescriptions, for an average of $550 per person, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Friday.

The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) enables frail Medicare beneficiaries still in their homes to access medical and social services in the community.

Wisconsin hospitals generate $28 billion in annual economic activity for the state, according to a study released Thursday by the University of Wisconsin-Cooperative Extension Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and the Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA).

Web-based healthcare information provider HealthGrades announced Wednesday that it has reached a definitive agreement to merge with CPM, a customer relationship management solutions firm.

The growing drug shortage crisis is the number one supply chain concern for providers nationwide says Novation, a group purchasing organization. Yet, even in these dire circumstances, there may be a glimmer of hope.

Hopkins reduced 'red bag' regulated medical waste by 16 percent in part by putting appropriate trash in the correct containers.