Quality and Safety
In its third year as a Pioneer ACO, Montefiore Care Management has seen a 10 percent reduction in inpatient admissions, a 35 percent reduction in all-cause readmissions and a 45 percent reduction in diabetes inpatient admissions.
A new study from Stanford University has turned the concept of patient dumping on its head. It finds that hospitals are less likely to transfer critically injured patients to trauma centers if they have health insurance.
As a healthcare consumer, am I most interested in short-term complications and readmission rates or am I interested in getting cured of whatever I have? The recent hullabaloo over narrow networks and whether a more expensive hospital is worth it or not seems to miss the bigger point.
By thoroughly assessing security risks, it's much easier to get the funding you need to strengthen your data protection program.
Like many businesses faced with a transforming industry, hospital operators are working on ways to evolve into new models while bringing in revenue.
Security events in U.S. hospitals cost an estimated $1.6 billion each year. Nearly one of every five hospitals experiences a security breach, with the bill averaging $810,000 per breach.
A new study of insurance claims at 110 hospitals found that facilities with the highest prices tended to have the strongest reputations and tight holds on their local markets yet showed little evidence of providing better quality care.
Back in the early 2000s, Mid-State Health Center was in dire need. The new CEO knew something had to be done immediately, but the facility didn't have access to appropriate funding. So, the CEO got creative.
Empowered consumers, rapid innovation and increasing competition are among PwC's top health industry issues for 2014.
Reimbursing a physician for their time spent in having end-of-life discussions is not an incentive for a "death panel" decision; it would be compensating them for doing their job. If all we do is compensate physicians for treating people aggressively regardless of the circumstances, we will get what we pay for: an expensive healthcare system run amok.