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May 17, 2012
Beyond HCAHPS, Patient Surveys Dig Into Functional Outcomes
May 10, 2012
Meaningful Use Quality Measures May Be Meaningless
May 3, 2012
How IPPS Proposed Rules Would Affect Quality Measures
April 26, 2012
Hospital Readmissions, Mortality Incentives Alarmingly Misaligned
April 19, 2012
Feds Urge Cuts in Use of Anti-Psychotic Drugs for Seniors
April 12, 2012
Preventing Hospital Readmissions Takes a Village
April 5, 2012
Why Process Measures Fail to Budge 30-Day Mortality Rates
March 29, 2012
10 Things We Don't Know About Looming Readmission Penalties
March 22, 2012
ACA Turns Two; Has it Improved Quality of Care?
March 15, 2012
Patients Set to Unleash Feedback on Doctors
March 8, 2012
PCORI Nails Down a Definition, at Last
March 1, 2012
ICD-10 Proponents Cry Foul
February 23, 2012
HIMSS: Don't Let HIT Obscure Patient Safety Needs
February 16, 2012
When a Surgical Site Infection Sends a Friend Through Hell
February 9, 2012
CMS Reveals Central Line Infection Rates, Finally
February 2, 2012
Hospitals Urged to Track Quality in Obstetrics
January 26, 2012
Physician Referral Patterns Ripe for Scrutiny
January 19, 2012
8 Reasons Why Ambulatory Care Quality Matters More Than Ever
January 12, 2012
7 Reasons Hospitals Buy Technology They Don't Need
January 5, 2012
Stop Using In-Hospital Mortality Rates to Judge Quality