Quality and Safety

The majority of hospitals received 3 or 4 stars, with 890 hospitals getting 4 stars and that same number receiving 3.

An estimated 284,000 parents are now eligible for 12 months of postpartum coverage through the extensions, the agency said.

More than 92% of patients believe privacy is a right and their health data should not be available for purchase, survey shows.

Two pediatric cases were reported in the United States last week.

Dr. Joel Diamond of 2bPrecise talks about precision medicine moving into the mainstream, including pharmacogenomics in primary care and genetic insights for specialty care.  

Seventy-four percent of patients schedule their appointments over the phone or in person, but 36% would prefer to schedule online.

Implementation is expected to promote more consistent use of nationally standardized quality measures and promote health equity.

General manager at Clinical Data Services at Philips, Elad Benjamin, highlights the latest Philips Future Health Index report, including staff shortages' effects on patient care.

Hannah Galvin, MD, chief medical information officer at Cambridge Health Alliance, discusses implementing patient privacy, interoperability and health equity by balancing granular data segmentation and patient-driven consent-management tools.  

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