The U.S. has made several strides in terms of senior health, like decreasing readmissions, preventable hospitalizations and hospital deaths, but challenges still remain, such as obesity rates and food insecurity, according to the 2017 "America's Health Rankings Senior Report" from…
Rankings and Ratings
CMS assigns hospitals two major star ratings: the HCAHPS summary star rating, based exclusively on patient survey scores; and the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating, which incorporates outcomes measures as well as patient experience scores.
Wisconsin is the best state for nurses, according to an analysis by WalletHub.
CMS updated patient satisfaction survey data on its Hospital Compare website April 28, which included calculating new HCAHPS summary star ratings for hospitals.
Truven Health Analytics, a healthcare data and analytics solutions provider, has released its ninth annual list of the nation's 15 top health systems.
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There are 338,620 employed physicians and surgeons in the United States, according to data from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics collected in May 2016. The data includes physicians employed in a variety of organizations, not just hospitals and health…
Great Places to Work, along with Fortune, published its annual list of the 30 Best Places to Work in Healthcare for 2017.
The Leapfrog Group has been assigning letter grades to hospitals based on their patient safety performance twice a year since spring 2012, and 63 hospitals have earned an A in every update, including the spring 2017 update released Wednesday.
Leapfrog released its spring 2017 Hospital Safety Grades Wednesday, and 10 hospitals in four states received a failing grade.
The Leapfrog Group released its spring 2017 Hospital Safety Grades Wednesday, assigning A through F letter grades to 2,639 hospitals based on 30 evidence-based patient safety measures.