The American Medical Association and 98 state and specialty medical societies detailed recommendations for improvement in their comments on CMS' Stage 2 proposed rule for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record program.
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Lincoln Hospital in Bronx, N.Y., is conducting an internal investigation into a surgical fire that may have burned a patient, according to a New York Post report.
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital found a training program may help increase resident physicians' empathy with patients and improve patients' perceptions of their providers.
Summa Health System in Akron, Ohio will study a blood test designed to rapidly detect bacterial infections, according to a Plain Dealer report.
A study conducted by researchers at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute and the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science suggests certain factors, including patients' fear of being labeled "difficult," could hamper shared decision making.
A new report by the Urban Institute shows access to healthcare has deteriorated in virtually every state over the last decade.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has announced that there will be no data submission in May/June 2012 for the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture Comparative Database.
The next generation in healthcare insurance coverage High Deductible Health Plans will fundamentally change the collection processes for providers of healthcare services. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, in 2011, 17 percent of covered workers were enrolled in HDHPs compared…
Boston-based Partners HealthCare is a month into a new advertising campaign that touts the health system's cost-cutting efforts, according to a Boston Globe report.
Approximately 3,100 nurses at 10 HCA hospitals in Florida have officially unionized, completing their first collective bargaining contract with the Nashville-based hospital operator.