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.

Physicians, like teachers, know the most important learning happens at home. It's a lesson physicians hope to convey to their patients so they'll learn about their own conditions and risk factors, as well as monitor and make decisions to improve…

In Kentucky, roughly 41 percent of hospitals and health systems are losing $100,000 or more annually for each physician in their physician groups, according to a report from Dean Dorton Allen Ford, an accounting and consulting firm based in Lexington,…

Including urinary management in a range of patient safety programs can help engage providers in a catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention program, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The adherence rate to four general medicine quality processes rose 64 percent after introducing a checklist, according to a study in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.

Tampa-based University of South Florida plans to launch a two-year master's degree program in physician assistant studies in 2015, according to a Tampa Bay Business Journal report.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic uses a model of diffusion to spread best practices throughout the 24-hospital organization, according to a report in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.