Performance-based incentives to primary-care physicians could end up increasing the disparities in care provided to lower-income patients and minorities, according to a study by the Rand Corp. The results are reported in the May edition of the journal Health Affairs.

As healthcare reform increases transparency and allows patients to become more savvy consumers, healthcare providers will need to be creative when it comes to attracting patients to their facilities. Essential to this process is transforming your facility's patient experience from…

Sutter Health, based in Sacramento, Calif., has received a $3.6 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to advance clinical quality and has committed to match this amount with an additional $7.2 million to further its patient safety…

The American Pain Society honored the recipients of its fourth annual Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Awards recognizing six of nation's outstanding pain care centers.  

The American Hospital Association has released the first in a series of AHA Research Synthesis Reports, which discusses the potential implications of bundled payments and addresses key areas for consideration moving forward.

A study from the University of Munich, using quantitative sensory testing to identify changes in pain sensitivity, found that pain thresholds increased by up to 50 percent in healthy volunteers undergoing acupuncture to the left leg, according to a news…

The recent economic environment has led many hospitals and health systems to concentrate on providing quality healthcare at reduced costs to both the facility and the patient. Creating systems that best fulfill these requirements takes time and dedication from hospital…

Hospitals that follow up within a week of discharge with patients who were hospitalized for heart failure have a lower 30-day readmission rate, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

One of every 10 adult Medicaid patients hospitalized in 2007 for any condition other than childbirth had to be readmitted within 30 days of discharge, according to a release from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Physicians at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., have found for the first time that, under certain circumstances, infants and children may be exposed to carbon monoxide during routine anesthesia resulting in a rise in the carbon monoxide levels…