Before implementing innovations in a healthcare organization, its leaders need to consider multiple factors, including the strength of evidence for the innovation and the likelihood the innovation will succeed in the organization, according to a perspective piece on the Agency…

A free guide on reducing harm from high-alert medications is available from the Health Research & Educational Trust, an affiliate of the American Hospital Association and supporter of Partnership for Patients.

Hospitals can improve the rate of influenza vaccination among its employees by understanding the factors associated with vaccination, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control.

The Joint Commission announced it is seeking comments on proposed changes to its Advanced Inpatient Diabetes Care certification program.

Since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, healthcare provider organizations have explored sharing in cost savings with other providers and/or payors and taking on risk through accountable care organizations and other value-based care models. While the…

A Nevada bill would no longer require nurse practitioners to work under physician supervision, according to a Las Vegas Sun report.

Hospitals, payors or physician groups — which entity has led the way with accountable care organizations since the first quarter of 2010?

It should not be surprising that the realignment of the industry, merging formerly competing entities, has not been a smooth course. Participants in integration efforts — whether from physician practices or from hospital administrations, experience significant and unanticipated difficulty in…

Providing care in a coordinated model, such as an accountable care organization, requires a lot of data. “The success of the model depends upon data,” says Gary Palgon, the vice president of healthcare solutions at Liaison Healthcare. “The more data…

A hospital is only as good as the care it provides, and no hospital renders quality care to a patient without the leadership of a quality physician. However, the current and predicted 20 percent physician shortage in the next two…