Pneumonia mortality rate drop questioned
Filed under: Health care/Treatment trends, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
If you look at recent reports of the mortality rate of patients hospitalized with pneumonia, you’ll see a steady decline. That can only mean advances in clinical care and improvements in quality are saving more patients, right? Read more
Report: Hospital quality on the rise
Filed under: Health care/Treatment trends, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
Good news from the Joint Commission’s latest report on hospital quality: Significant gains were made across the board on key indicators of care quality. Read more
Do lower costs = lower quality of care?
Filed under: Fraud & Waste, Health care/Treatment trends, Healthcare Finance, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
It’s a question of utmost importance as the country debates what the health care system should look like: Do hospitals that spend less do so at the risk of providing poorer care? Read more
New research outlines true cost of hospital acquired infections
Filed under: Health care/Treatment trends, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Practice Management
Hospital-acquired cases of pneumonia and sepsis could cost more than $8 billion in increased health costs — and 48,000 patient deaths — annually. Read more
Special Report
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Pivotal care that drastically cuts emergency room overuse
Reducing costs is at the top of all health executives’ minds — more so now than ever before since hospitals are facing a possible 1% Medicare pay cut for high readmission rates starting in October. So where do you begin?
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Pivotal care that drastically cuts emergency room overuse