Quality and Safety
A new analysis of more than 3 million claims for Medicare patients found that patients enrolled in a managed Medicare Advantage plan had better health outcomes than those senior enrolled in the traditional fee-for-service Medicare model.
With recognition that "the path through accountable care is unknown," IDC Health Insights has launched a new Accountable Care Maturity Model, designed to help healthcare organizations gauge their own status and make strategic decisions for funding business and IT initiatives.
A recent study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) suggests that rural hospitals may be able to ensure more high-quality care to their patients if they are able to maintain a lower nurse turnover rate and better practice environments.
HIMSS Media launched a global online community this week dedicated to chronicling new and innovative models of healthcare that improve individual and community well-being, while also promising cost reduction.
Generic drugs have been an effective cost containment solution for traditional, small molecule pharmaceuticals. As large molecule biologics proliferate and take up a growing share of medical spending, we also increasingly need cost containment.
A new report examining the state of the skilled nursing industry finds that there have been steady quality improvements since 2003 but more can be done.
A recent survey updating the Hospital Safety Score conducted by Leapfrog Group which assigns A through F letter grades for how well hospitals are addressing errors, accidents and infections that kill or hurt patients, shows only incremental progress over past reports.
A recent policy analysis from the National Institute for Health Care Reform (NIHCR), written by Carrier and other researchers from the center, reviews the various types of quality measurements and discusses ways in which payers can help make quality information more available, reliable and usable.
Last fall, St. Luke's Hospital in Duluth, Minn., became the first hospital in the state to make the decision to eliminate the sale of sugar-sweetened beverages from all of its properties.
This video provided by ASQ highlights the Monroe Clinic, a not-for-profit health system working to improve its culture of quality by increasing operational efficiency and boosting patient satisfaction.