Quality and Safety
The proportion of Americans reporting problems affording prescription drugs remained level between 2007 and 2010, with more than one in eight going without a prescribed drug in 2010, according to a national study released today by the Center for Studying Health System Change. Despite the flat numbers, the news isn't necessarily good.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded $218 million Wednesday to 26 hospitals and health systems to reduce the millions of preventable injuries and complications caused by healthcare-acquired conditions each year.
Only 27 percent of physicians believe the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will likely reduce healthcare costs by increasing efficiency and half believe access to healthcare will decrease because of hospital closures that will result from the law, according to a new study published yesterday by industry consulting firm Deloitte.
The number of young people entering the nursing profession is surging, providing relief from the recent nursing shortage, according to an article in the December issue of Health Affairs.
To understand the value of Medicare demonstration projects you should take a look at a recent article from American Medical News.
Created in the mid 90’s for the wealthy elite, concierge medicine today delivers care at a more reasonable price and can actually be more cost effective than some health insurance plans.
Canadians with chronic conditions face more barriers to the care they need according to survey results released recently by the Commonwealth Fund.
On Wednesday, corporate powerhouses GE and Microsoft announced they will launch a 50-50 joint venture in early 2012 that leverages the platform experience of Microsoft and GE's core healthcare competencies in clinical applications, with the goal of providing real time data to improve patient experience and clinical outcomes.
An important reason that medical costs are so high in Massachusetts is that residents are accustomed to visiting major teaching hospitals for routine care.
As the country faces a shortage of doctors in the coming decades as the demand for them increases, one Midwestern state has put a number on just how many extra doctors per year it will need to avoid a crisis: 100.