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This HPOE webinar highlights innovations for eliminating health care disparities and will feature the 2015 AHA Equity of Care Award winners, Henry Ford Health System and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. This year's winners have innovatively incorporated the use of race, ethnicity and…
Baseball managers tinker with team lineups to improve results on the field, and hospitals can do the same with health care teams. At WVU Hospitals, in Morgantown, W.V., physicians and medical residents teamed up to see their patients at the hospital's outpatient clinic, within 7 to 14 days after…
AHA Expresses Concern Re: H.R. 3298, the Medicare Post-Acute Care Value-Based Purchasing Act of 2015
AHA letter to House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health expressing concerns regarding H.R. 3298, the Medicare Post-Acute Care Value-Based Purchasing (PAC VBP) Act of 2015.
Broadens view of care delivery from hospital-based practice to the entire bundle episode (30-days post-discharge). This case study is part of the Illinois Hospital Association's annual quality awards. Each year, IHA recognizes and celebrates the achievements of Illinois hospitals in…
Hospital readmissions are costly for both patients and facilities. At the time of discharge, patients are often confused about how to care for themselves at home. Education at the time of discharge is most likely to be forgotten due to increased anxiety and stress. Avoidable readmissions also cause…