Quality and Safety
Nearly half of healthcare professionals participating in Beacon Partners' 2011 Healthcare Reform Study think repealing healthcare reform will negatively impact patient care.
There is a growing trend among healthcare providers to hire certified case managers, according to a new white paper from the Commission for Case Manager Certification.
A federal appeals court decision that supports clarifications to the term "creditor" under the red flags rule has prompted the American Medical Association to drop a similar suit against the Federal Trade Commission.
An estimated 60% of American bankruptcies result from overwhelming medical costs. My uncle's tale illuminates the dual tragedy of suffering catastrophic illness and being uninsured.
The Quality Institute of the Ohio Hospital Association and the Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio have launched the Northwest Ohio Hospital Quality Collaborative, designed to bring together hospital administrators, physicians and other clinicians to share best practices to improve patient safety and outcomes.
The National Quality Forum has endorsed 21 measures to be used in caring for long-term residents and short-term patients at nursing homes. These measures will be used in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Nursing Home Compare, an online database used by consumers to compare more than 17,000 nursing homes nationwide.
The Joint Commission is considering a new primary care home designation as an add-on to its ambulatory care accreditation program and is soliciting input on the additional requirements.
A new survey from Intuit Health, the developer of patient portal and communication technology, finds two major trends when it comes to Americans and their healthcare: They're worried about their medical bills, and they expect their physicians to be easily accessible online.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has released a report showing that the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program, created by the Affordable Care Act, is reducing healthcare costs for early retirees.
Kaiser Permanente is planning a structural departure: It wants to build a small hospital rather than its usual large medical center. Since it's stepping out of its comfort zone, the company launched a design competition, "Small Hospital, Big Idea," in February, seeking an open hospital design from students, architects, engineers, designers and multidisciplinary teams for a small hospital to be built in southern California.