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Finance
Better Patient Outcomes, Not Cost Reduction, Top Priority for Provider Execs
The Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies survey is the latest indication of what issues healthcare leaders are focused on...
Nursing
Northwell Health to Nurses: 'Constantly Question Practice'
When leadership supports frontline nurses in asking questions, positive changes to patient care can happen, and nursing staff start to...
Strategy
The Return on Investing in Elder Care
The business case for age-friendly health systems offers push to standardize best practices.
Clinical Care
California Achieves $345M in Cost Avoidance Through Federal Clinical Practice Initiative
Practice transformation networks engage 9,800 physicians who serve 5.9 million patients in The Golden State.
CMS Plans 2021 'Update' for Hospital Quality Star Ratings
Policymakers are sifting through more than 800 public comments on proposed changes to the Hospital Compare methodology.
Strategy
7 Strategies for ACO Success
The report comes amid projections that Medicare spending will exceed $1.5 trillion by 2028, which is more than double the...
Clinical Care
Follow 10 Tips to Improve Primary Care Quality
Advice for effective quality improvement includes devoting time and resources, gauging patient experience, and taking a persistent approach.
3 Hospitals Respond to Failing Grade From Leapfrog
HealthLeaders reached out to all nine hospitals that received an 'F' from The Leapfrog Group and offered them an opportunity...
Clinical Care
As ER Wait Times Grow, More Patients Leave Against Medical Advice
The growth in patients leaving California ERs prematurely was faster than the growth in overall ER encounters.
Clinical Care
Avoidable Hospital Deaths Dip to 161K, Leapfrog Study Finds
Researchers compared the latest hospital quality ratings to rates observed three years prior, finding both progress and opportunities for much...
Nursing
Nurses Have Potential to Transform Healthcare System, Says RWJF Report
Nurses are in a unique position to coordinate partnerships and provide the kind of patient-centered care needed to address the...
Nursing
The Future of Nursing Report: Where Are We Now?
How much progress has been made in nursing toward the IOM's Future of Nursing recommendations? The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's...