Hospitals participating in the inpatient, outpatient and prospective payment system-exempt cancer hospital quality reporting programs have until Aug. 19 to preview their overall hospital quality star rating based on data to be added to the Hospital Compare website in October. Hospital-specific reports for the other quality data were released Aug. 4 for a 30-day preview period. To access the hospital-specific overall star rating and inpatient and outpatient preview reports, visit the QualityNet Secure Portal.

Blog
High-quality maternal care is essential to protecting the health of both mom and baby during birth.Sutter Health is taking a proactive, systemwide approach to…
Headline
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released May 14 found that U.S.-reported dengue cases in 2024 increased 359% above the annual average from…
Headline
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced May 14 that 41 people across the U.S. are being monitored for symptoms of hantavirus following an…
Headline
USA Today published a column  by AHA Board Chair Marc Boom, M.D., president and CEO of Houston Methodist, highlighting how hospitals and health systems…
Headline
The Utah measles outbreak has increased to 607 cases, the state’s Department of Health and Human Services reported April 24. Nationwide, there have been 1,792…
Headline
Flu and COVID-19 vaccination rates among all health care workers for the 2024-25 respiratory virus season was 76.3% and 40.2%, respectively, according to a…