A new Gallup poll shows 30 percent of adults in the U.S. say they or a member of their family have put off seeking medical treatment because of cost in the last year. The figure has hovered around 30 percent…

Starting next month, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will give uninsured Americans access to new health insurance options. The eligible uninsured population includes 6.8 million African-Americans, according to an HHS report.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has indicated in a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that the state and federal officials continue to work together to craft a Medicaid expansion plan, according to a report from The Hill.

Clinician use of social media sites for job searching has doubled since 2010, with 42 percent of physicians, nurses, pharmacists and allied professionals saying they use social media during job searches, according to AMN Healthcare's 2013 Survey of Social Media…

CMS plans to modify its Hospital Compare website on Thursday, adding new measures and updated performance information for certain metrics, according to an AHA News Now report.

The following articles from the past month pertain to new findings regarding hospital readmission rates as well as articles about how to reduce readmissions.

Improving the health status and quality of life of patients with multiple chronic conditions should be a priority for physicians, and a handful of CMS initiatives support this goal, according to a Huffington Post article written by Howard Koh, MD,…

A new study in the British Medical Journal found that risk managers for maternity units are concerned with how data is collected and analyzed for the specialty.

Surgical costs — labor, supplies, time and other resources — are a significant expense for hospitals. However, well-managed perioperative systems are also a savings opportunity. Surgical Directions' CEO Jeff Peters and vice president Robert Dahl share five considerations for hospitals…

Today's quality improvement tip comes from Robert Lloyd, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's executive director of performance improvement from an IHI blog post.