More than 70 percent of nurse practitioners and physician assistants are satisfied with their jobs, according to a recent Jackson Healthcare survey, Advanced Practice Trends 2012-2013: An Attitude and Outlook Report on Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.

The National Commission on Physician Payment Reform has issued 12 recommendations for models to pay healthcare providers that maximize positive clinical outcomes, enhance patient satisfaction and physician autonomy and incentivize cost-effective care.

The recent enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act served as a call to action for health plans to tackle the tremendous cost pressures facing healthcare (which are not directly addressed by the legislation) and to take on…

While the rate of healthcare-associated infections in patients after a major cancer surgery increased from 1999 to 2009, the HAI-associated mortality rate decreased, according to a study in Cancer.

Michigan hospitals decreased catheter-associated urinary tract infections by 25 percent from 2007 to 2009 by using an infection prevention bundle called the Bladder Bundle Initiative, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The American Hospital Association sent a letter to CMS urging it to reconsider developing a new patient experience survey for hospital outpatient surgical departments and ambulatory surgery centers.

In a recent Thought Leadership post, Panos Lykidis, MBA, a vice president at The Camden Group, shared 10 rules for hospital and health system leaders to follow when developing physician performance metrics for an alignment strategy.

St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles announced the opening of the Korean Pavilion, a 30-bed unit designed to meet the needs of a fast-growing population segment in the community.

A seven-factor prediction model can identify hospital patients at risk for 30-day readmission, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Reducing avoidable hospital readmissions cost-effectively requires leaders to implement creative, evidence-based measures, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.