The Joint Commissions issued a report showing improvement in American hospitals' quality scores. A large percent of all hospitals submitted information on several care areas, most demonstrating greater compliance with…
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The American Hospital Association has released updated information on the amount of uncompensated care delivered by community hospitals and on the degree of underpayment of costs by Medicare and Medicaid.
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A study suggests that hospital report cards on cardiac care in Canada did not result in significant performance improvement. Even less clear is whether they lead to better health outcomes.
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Researchers from Harvard University find that hospitals with more extensive use of electronic records have neither lower costs or better quality, but caution should be used as these researchers have…
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Thomson Reuters and the AHA release updated reports on hospitals, Thomson showing that their revenues and profits are improving, as are credit availability and investment portfolios, while the AHA continues…
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
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