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Baylor heart hospital has lowest readmission rate in the U.S. for second straight year
  Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, for the second year in a row, had the lowest readmission rate for heart...
MA outpatient care ranked high
<p><advertisement></advertisement>Massachusetts hospitals as a whole outperform hospitals across the...
Web Exclusive: Childhood Mortality Rates Improve, But U.S. Falls Further Behind
A new study of worldwide childhood and infant mortality rates contains both good and bad news about a major measure of...
Validity of hospital rankings
Every year, U.S. News & World Report compiles a list of the top 50 hospitals in a wide range of specialties. The...
Illinois hospitals open a window on their performance
The Illinois Hospital Association on Wednesday will debut an information-packed Web site, the first of its kind in the...
Web Exclusive: Patient Safety Incidents Showed Little Change in 2009, Says HealthGrades
While the number of patient safety incidents that occurred among hospitalized Medicare patients dipped slightly below...
Web Exclusive: MDS 3.0 Not as Time-Consuming as it Seems
As the October release of the Minimum Data Set 3.0 data specifications approaches, skilled nursing facilities across...
Web Exclusive: All in the Numbers: Making Sense of Hospital Compare Readmission Data
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released first-time data that reports if patients returned to an...
CMS Clarifies Oversight of HCAHPS in 2009, Releases Updated Scores
CMS released its fifth quarterly update of patient satisfaction data late last month, one year after the first Hospital...
Study finds many patients dissatisfied with hospitals
Many hospital patients are dissatisfied with some aspects of their care and might not recommend their hospitals to...

Physician Profile Reporter Software
The Physician Profile Reporter is an Access-based program that compiles all sources of physician performance data into...
Continuing Education: The Physician Advisor’s Role in CDI: A Collaborative Approach for Success
This one-day seminar provides an in-depth session on the essential functions of the physician advisor and his or her...
Webcast: Cultivating Physician-Hospital Alignment in the ACO Era
The physician-hospital relationship has always been important but with reform, fortifying these partnerships is now an...
Audio Conference: Slash Your Readmission Rates
With 20% of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries discharged from a hospital being readmitted within 30 days, two of...
Webcast: Tackle Physician Turnover Costs, Rev Up Recruitment
Physician turnover can cause millions to walk out your front door. Losing just one physician can mean a $1 million hit...
Book: The Healthcare Executive's Guide to Urgent Care Centers and Freestanding EDs
One in five Americans lacks adequate access to primary care physicians and even those patients with insurance and a...
Handbook: Peer Review and Quality Committee Essentials Handbook
The Medical Staff Leadership Online Training Library offers a new, easily accessible way for physician leaders to...
Handbook: Credentials Committee Essentials Handbook
The Medical Staff Leadership Online Training Library offers a new, easily accessible way for physician leaders to...
Handbook: Department Chair Essentials Handbook
The Medical Staff Leadership Online Training Library offers a new, easily accessible way for physician leaders to...
Handbook: Medical Executive Committee Essentials Handbook
The Medical Staff Leadership Online Training Library offers a new, easily accessible way for physician leaders to...