Quality and Safety
Overlapping surgery, when a doctor operates on two patients at same time, has prompted debate in medical community, and in Washington.
With the financial pressure rising to demonstrate higher levels of quality, leaders need solid programs in place to keep their facilities in check.
Only 7.5 percent of the more than 1.8 million COPD patients analyzed were receiving any form of PAP therapy.
Of the facilities with reported violations prior to 2014, 52 percent slid back into dangerous care according to a Kaiser Health News analysis of federal health inspection data.
National Committee for Quality Assurance is updating HEDIS scores for 2018 to include telehealth and to combat addiction risks.
Funds earmarked for helping residents experiencing health issues linked to local water supply.
To make your hospital truly beautiful, it has to feel like a place of healing, not just look like one, Soliant said.
Beginning this year, clinicians participating in MIPS have to report on six quality measures to be eligible for a bonus payment.
U.S. minorities tend to receive fewer medical services considered effective like flu shots, aspirin following heart attack, study author says.
On any given day, 1 in 25 patients across the U.S. suffers from at least one infection acquired while they are in the hospital, CDC says.