Risk Management

"Would incentives for improvement be greater if all pay-for-performance programs specifically considered improvement as part of scoring hospital performance?" authors ask.

So far wildfires have not forced any hospital evacuations, but they are ready if they have to.

Disruptive behavior is not new, but the unprecedented publicity over Cecil the Lion's death is a reminder that the reputation of a physician, nurse, administrator or an executive can become a liability overnight.

The good news is labor relations within the healthcare industry seem stable for the most part, though contentious issues such as patient safety still exist and have threatened to disrupt operations at some health centers in the United States.

Social Security numbers, dates of birth and addresses, along with medical information, were swiped by hackers in one of the largest HIPAA breaches ever reported.

Beyond potential fines are the price of making sure the hospital is in compliance and the unquantifiable cost of the loss of reputation and trust.

As more healthcare companies see their staffs unionize, and new laws make it easier to do so, many healthcare providers say the growth of organized labor is having a bad effect on their business.

The shocking truth is that only about 6 percent of healthcare data breaches to date are the work of hackers.

The evolution of deadly, infectious bacteria must be countered with the healthcare system’s own transformation in prevention, consumer advocates and government experts argue.

Oregon regulators are working with insurers to increase premiums, after a $127 million collective shortfall last year.