Health
Can you put a price on health?
As health services strive to improve quality and reduce costs, researchers study the benefits – and the pitfalls – of 'pay for performance' in hospitals.
May 23, 2013
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News tagged with hospital performance
Cardiology
Risk of death, hospital readmission prolonged after heart attack, heart failure
Heart attack or heart failure patients may have a high risk of death or re-admission for a month or longer after leaving the hospital, researchers said at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Scientific ...
May 16, 2013
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Health
Wondering about your hospital's quality? Ask a nurse
(HealthDay)—The easiest way to assess a hospital's quality of care might be to just ask the nurses, new research suggests.
Oct 11, 2012
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Health
Hospital-acquired UTIs rarely reported in data used to implement penalties
Aiming to cut expenses and improve care, a 2008 Medicare policy stopped paying hospitals extra to treat some preventable, hospital-acquired conditions – including urinary tract infections (UTIs) in patients after bladder ...
Sep 5, 2012
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Health
Patients' online hospital reviews reflect data on hospital outcomes
Patients' ratings of hospitals tally with objective measures of the hospital's performance, according to an independent study published today in Archives of Internal Medicine.
Feb 13, 2012
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Cardiology
Robotic therapy may provide lasting gains for immobilized stroke survivors
Severely impaired stroke survivors could walk better when a robotic assist system was added to conventional rehabilitation, according to a study in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Dec 15, 2011
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Health
Value of hospital environmental services linked to efficiency not expenses
The amount of money that hospitals spend on environmental services, such as cleaning and maintenance service is not as important in influencing patient satisfaction scores as the way the money is spent, according to Penn ...
Jul 18, 2011
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Health
'Pay for performance' incentives are hurting hospital finances in Mississippi delta
Two Medicare "pay for performance" programs have contributed to declining financial performance by hospitals in the Mississippi Delta region, suggests a study in the November issue of Medical Care.
Oct 18, 2017
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Surgery
Study shows Florida's participation in ACS NSQIP resulted in statewide improvement
A surgical collaborative of hospitals across Florida resulted in broad improvement in the state, helping most hospitals significantly improve, according to a new study published today in the Journal of the American College ...
Apr 2, 2014
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Health
Hospital mortality rates may be linked to performance on publicly reported medical conditions
Hospital performance on publicly reported conditions (acute myocardial infarction [heart attack], congestive heart failure, and pneumonia), may potentially be used as a signal of overall hospital mortality rates, according ...
Jun 24, 2013
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