A new report by the Urban Institute shows access to healthcare has deteriorated in virtually every state over the last decade.
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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.
Hospital executives can learn how to increase the accuracy and effectiveness of their cost estimates on Tuesday, May 22, during a complimentary webinar with Objective Health.
To reduce healthcare spending, hospitals and health systems strive to reduce variation in the utilization of certain treatments and medical services. Verras has increased the consistency of utilization of a number of tools, including treatments for sepsis and pneumonia and…
Howard Greenfield, MD, principal of management and consulting firm Enhance Healthcare, explained five steps anesthesia practices should take when preparing to sell at the 2012 American Society of Anesthesiologists Conference on Practice Management.
Some hospital operating rooms are borrowing a practice from sports teams to boost efficiency: huddles. On the playing field, team members with different roles huddle to discuss strategies to win the game. In an OR, clinicians and staff can huddle…
A survey of more than 400 people age 50 and older indicated that three main factors deter those patients from pursuing colorectal cancer screenings.