Retail healthcare is impersonal and does not reflect what patients really want, argues Timothy J. Hoff, PhD, professor of management, healthcare systems and health policy at Northeastern University in Boston, in a STAT op-ed.
As the healthcare business shifts from a fee-for-service model to one where healthcare providers are rewarded for improved patient outcomes, hospitals face a unique set of challenges — they have to please everyone from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
Younger ophthalmologists were more likely to receive patient complaints than their older colleagues, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.
Emergency room staff at a Florida hospital found an unconscious patient with "do not resuscitate" tattooed on his chest, prompting confusion and ethical concern, according to a case report in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine's Center for Health Policy are uncovering the benefits of improved health literacy for patients and providers, according to a University of Missouri School of Medicine report.
Bob Meyer. President and CEO of Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Mr. Meyer is at the helm of Arizona’s only nationally recognized pediatric hospital, Phoenix Children’s Hospital. He oversees the 433-bed hospital and nearly 1,000 physician medical staff dedicated to improving patient…
Patients living in rural areas of the United States had a greater chance of hospital mortality than their urban counterparts in 2013, according to a study published in JABFM.
