Quality and Safety
How do you think you became sick enough to come back to the hospital? It’s a simple enough question, but one which can have dramatic effects for improving the financial outlook and quality of patient care delivered for hospitals and health system enrolled in the State Action on Avoidable Rehospitalizations (STAAR) initiative.
In an effort to enhance the quality and coordination of healthcare services through the patient-centered medical home, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) granted $32 million to 904 health centers nationwide on Thursday.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s (PCORI) first major funding opportunity will support approximately 40 awards totaling up to $26 million announced the organization on Wednesday.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Wednesday awarded $56.3 million for the development of five new drugs to treat injuries associated with acute radiation syndrome.
The California Hospital Association is accusing the labor union representing nurses at a hospital where a patient died last weekend during a strike of exploiting the tragedy to further its own agenda.
A new report from human resources consulting firm Aon Hewitt and healthcare consulting firm Polakoff Boland says employer interest in accountable care organizations is ramping up as they seek new ways to continue offering healthcare benefits to employees.
A replacement nurse at the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, Calif., administered a fatal dose of medication on Saturday to a cancer patient during a nurses' strike.
The awards were announced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) as part of its initiative to extend health information technology in healthcare settings that serve people with mental and substance use disorders.
Complaints about nursing homes are rampant and general opinion about them is poor. It's well known that employees aren't happy at these facilities and turnover is high. Right? Maybe not so much, according to results of a customer and employee satisfaction survey from My InnerView, a division of the National Research Corporation.
Physicians estimate the cost of defensive medicine to be between 26 and 34 percent of total annual healthcare costs, according to a new report by Jackson Healthcare. At an estimated $2.5 trillion in annual spending, this means $650-$850 billion is spent each year on medical orders intended to avoid lawsuits rather than treat patients.