quality improvement

The industry has tended to be so focused on what needs to be improved in healthcare, that we have not...

'The challenge is, how do plans maintain and increase Star scores in the clinical measures for higher-risk members while proactively...

In its 10th annual round of penalties, Medicare is reducing its payments to 47% of all facilities.

Jonathan Perlin, MD, who is currently the president and clinical operations and chief medical officer at HCA Healthcare, will replace...

The American Hospital Association award recognizes healthcare leadership and innovation in improving quality and advancing health in communities.

The 32nd annual version of widely read rankings featured mostly the same top 20 hospitals that make the list in...

External peer review providers help facilitate this process, connecting organizations in need of external peer review with peers who provide...

Professional guidelines are out in the field for certain subsets of patients to receive nasal decolonization.

Guidelines to help objectively assess a practitioner's clinical competence.

A Mayo Clinic program used in-home technology to monitor oxygen levels, vital signs and COVID-19 symptoms, and relied on a...

Accounting for patient perspectives adds value to safety and quality improvement initiatives.

New CMO says the healthcare stars of the coronavirus pandemic work in nursing, hospital medicine, critical care medicine, and emergency...