Quality and Safety
New contract builds on successful three-year partnership with Cook County Health and Hospital System.
While physicians are motivated to improve care quality, new frustrations with the complicated law coupled with change fatigue will bog doctors down.
While focus on care coordination and consumerism may likely continue, insiders worry that too much change could hurt them.
Researchers examined 230,701 patient discharges across 10 academic Veteran's Health Administration Hospitals around the country.
The study builds on existing research that confirms nutrition can be a simple, cost-effective tool.
With a backlog of patients, home health services are limited by their ability to attract and recruit quality staff.
Premier scored a 95.6, the highest rating of all companies analyzed, dominating in value-based care and financial improvement.
Every older adult admitted to a hospital as an inpatient has the right to challenge a discharge if he or she feels unprepared to leave.
Heater-cooler device linked to sometimes deadly bacterial infection; FDA under scrutiny for handling of information tied to safety.
Texas Health Resources captures each step of the patient encounter, from the physician's electronic order to payers' insurance verification.