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Nearly one-quarter of privately insured colon surgery patients are readmitted to the hospital within three months of discharge at a cost of roughly $9,000 per readmission, according to Johns Hopkins researchers, who've identified a major area for quality improvement and cost reduction in…
Hospital IT departments are facing what one executive calls a 'tsunami of activities, expectations and challenges' and many CIOs are concerned about staff burnout.
Representatives from Catholic Health Initiatives in Denver, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill., and the Greater Cincinnati Health Council highlight their accomplishments and the lesson learned from their efforts to elmininate disparties in care. View the PowerPoint presentation.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance starts an accountable care organization accreditation , looking at seven critical areas that will allow hospitals, physicians and other providers to qualify for ACOs.
Medicare Shared Savings Program Powerpoint Presentation
RWJF video details three perspectives on the need for cost information
Success in strategic organizational initiatives depends on changing the way people work together.
The IPAL Project, an initiative of the Center to Advance Palliative Care, is designed to provide a central venue for sharing expertise, evidence, tools and resources essential to the integration and improvement of palliative care in specific health care system venues.