If all physicians caring for Medicare fee-for-service patients meet certain national cost and quality benchmarks, Medicare would save about $287 billion across the next decade, according to a brief published by UnitedHealth Group.
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Employees at Garfield Memorial Hospital jumped into action after a bus crash sent 19 victims to the critical access hospital Sept. 20, reports local news station KSL TV.
The Montefiore Einstein Center for Innovation in Simulation was established by New York City-based Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The innovation center features simulation technologies equipped for medical education and research, combining nursing schools and physician care to…
Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health recently identified its top quality concern for the 2020 fiscal year as decreasing mortality within the health system, which means lowering the failure to rescue events.
Americans are seven times more likely to fill a prescription for opioids the week after surgery than Swedes, according to a study published in JAMA Sept. 4.
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Physicians were more likely to prescribe opioids later in the day and when appointments were running behind schedule, according to a study published in JAMA cited by STAT.
Patients revisiting the hospital within 30 days of initial discharge increasingly receive care in emergency departments and observation stays, marking a shift that may reflect hospitals' efforts to avoid CMS penalties for readmissions, according to a study published Aug. 12…
Federal authorities are investigating Dallas-based University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center after two nurses died of fentanyl overdoses in restrooms at UT Southwestern's William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital, according to The Dallas Morning News.
Most Americans agree that people with opioid use disorder need both medical and nonmedical resources for treatment. However, many do not know where to find these resources or how much they will cost, according to a new survey from NORC…
A new study on guidelines aimed at lowering opioid prescriptions to prevent addiction shows the potential success — and challenges — of changing prescribing habits, according to NPR.