Quality and Safety

Defining Best Practices to Identify and Reduce Readmission Triggers

Experts say facilities could lose negotiating power

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General has issued a report indicating more than 90 percent of nursing facilities in the nation has employed at least one person with one criminal conviction.

Upon finishing my second residency at Hopkins in Baltimore in September of 2007, I moved back to Williamsburg to start a new kind of practice.

Healthcare providers considering a reprocessing program for certain supply chain items have access to a new online tool to determine the potential cost savings and reduction in waste.

Community healthcare centers provide high-quality care, support economic activity in communities and generate a positive return on investment, according to the National Association of Community Health Centers.

The developer of a kiosk that would screen vision, blood pressure, weight and body mass index has a new investor, whose kiosks are well known for counting coins and renting DVDs.

OrbusNeich has filed a lawsuit in the Netherlands against Pavel Cervinka and Masaryk Hospital in Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic, alleging the hospital and Cervinka, who is the hospital's head of cardiology, published inaccurate statements concerning the medical device company's pro-healing Genous stent.

Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, an Indianapolis-based healthcare-focused law firm, has launched a blog providing comprehensive information on all matters relevant to healthcare real estate law, including real estate development, construction, finance, property tax exemptions and general transaction issues.

Wouldn’t you want to know just how safe your hospital is before you’re admitted for a procedure? How about if I told you that preventable medical errors were responsible for over 90,000 deaths a year in our nation’s hospitals?