Quality and Safety

The largest 10 nursing home chains own more than 10% of facilities, a share that raises market concentration concern.

Members have access to a support team including doulas, nurses, lactation consultants, nutritionists and care coordinators.

AI can detect patients who are at high risk even as they're in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, says Professor Oscar Lee, vice superintendent of China Medical University Hospital, a 2023 HIMSS Davies Award recipient.  

Once the current strategy is implemented, 98% of all consumers will have access to insulin for $35 per month, company says.

MA patients typically see fewer avoidable hospitalizations and readmissions and lower rates of high-risk medication use.

Over the last four or five years, incidents have changed from one-off events to criminal conspiracies, says K&L Gates partner Gina Bertolini, a healthcare regulatory attorney.  

Lawmakers are concerned that CMS' 2024 final Part C and D rule may not adequately address MA plans' increased reliance on AI.

The three in five people who were offered and who accessed their online record or patient portal last year was a 50% increase over 2020.

Doctors' Management Services failed to determine the potential risks and vulnerabilities in the breach, HHS says.

Health equity is being brought into the chapter's current events, says Elise Kohl-Grant, cochair of the programming committee at the chapter.