Quality and Safety
Providence Health in the northwest and Novant Health in the southeast are pushing population health, high technology and other options that are creating value and improving care.
Hospital initiatives to slash the number of infections patients pick up while under their care are working, a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found, though results vary by state.
Only four groups out of 48 that were studied in the Community-based Care Transition Program significantly cut readmissions compared with those of a control group.
Hundreds of healthcare workers at California's Kaiser Permanente facilities walked off the job this week, striking over a lack of staffing by the hospital operator that they say is affecting care for mentally ill patients.
As new owners of physician practices, many health systems are on a mission to integrate clinics with their hospitals.
The "medical home" concept has become counterproductive. It is muddling the debate about how to improve medical care without raising costs, and it is punishing primary care clinics.
While prices have increased everywhere, the rate of increase was much lower at hospitals in states using the site.
Minneapolis-based health system Allina Health intends to work with Salt Lake City-based data warehousing company Health Catalyst on a 10-year initiative to build a new model for improving outcomes system-wide.
The Washington State Hospital Association this week launched a transparency website, giving the public access to information and ratings on the services it provides.
No matter what system is used for communicating patient information between physicians, it should be routinely assessed for deficiencies.