Quality and Safety
Too many admissions at a hospital at one time can put patients at risk, but a new study suggests that "controlled entry" of patients can reduce variations in occupancy rates and boost patient safety.
Medco Health Solutions and Verizon Wireless have created a pharmacy app that allows users to access their drug history and look for lower-cost alternatives to prescription drugs.
Federal officials have announced three new accountable care organization initiatives that they say could save Medicare $430 million over the next three years.
Health Plan of Michigan has announced a patient-centered medical home incentive program that encourages providers to become PCMHs by providing financial assistance during the practice certification phase.
As the Connecticut Legislature debates a bill requiring private businesses to provide paid sick days to its workers, the Institute for Women's Policy Research has issued a report saying paid sick days will save the state - and the healthcare system - money.
The recent New England Journal of Medicine article, “The ACO Model—A Three-Year Financial Loss?” by Trent T. Haywood and Keith C. Kosel, provides a financial analysis of the Physician Group Practice (PGP) Demonstration that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) conducted from 2005 to 2010.
Comparative effectiveness research aimed at determining the efficacy of medical treatments could deprive the country of $4 trillion in economic activity and 81 million years of life, contends a new report from the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest.
Two healthcare IT companies are joining forces to market an Internet-based personal health record solution to insurance providers looking to cut unnecessary clinical and administrative costs.
A new report from the Health Performance Management Institute says employers should self-insure if they want to provide the most cost-effective health benefits to their employees.
Management Health Solutions, a Fairfield, Conn.-based provider of supply chain optimization solutions for hospitals and healthcare systems, has unveiled 2-Bin Mobile Supply Chain, a new software solution designed as an enhancement to the company's CartCount module.