Financial incentives may improve hospital mortality rates, says study
New research into controversial pay-for-performance schemes has suggested they may help to save the lives of NHS patients.
Nov 7, 2012
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New research into controversial pay-for-performance schemes has suggested they may help to save the lives of NHS patients.
Nov 7, 2012
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Patients treated in magnet hospitals (specially designated for their nursing excellence) had 14 percent lower odds of death than those in non-magnet hospitals in a four-state study of 564 hospitals led by the University of ...
Oct 22, 2012
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(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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When hospital patients have to be readmitted soon after discharge, hospitals look bad.
Oct 10, 2012
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Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified reliable predictors of pain by surveying patients throughout their hospital stays about the severity of their pain and their levels of satisfaction with how ...
Sep 21, 2012
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University of Minnesota School of Public Health researchers have found that medical group practices can reduce costs for patients with diabetes by investing in improved quality of care.
Aug 6, 2012
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A study suggests that safety-net hospitals (SNHs), which typically care for poor patients, performed more poorly than other hospitals on nearly every measure of patient experience and that could have financial consequences ...
Jul 16, 2012
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A new study shows that natural language processing programs can "read" dictated reports and provide information to allow measurement of colonoscopy quality in an inexpensive, automated and efficient manner. The quality variation ...
Jun 21, 2012
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Hospitals that use supportive management practices across diverse care providers and front-line staff are more likely to deliver quality patient care, according to a new study in Health Services Research.
Jun 21, 2012
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In-hospital mortality for ICU patients is often used as a quality measure, but discharge practices may bias results in a way that disadvantages large academic hospitals, according to a recently conducted study.
May 21, 2012
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