Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

This year's winners of Health Care's Most Wired Survey are employing information technology to he...

This blog post is from H&HN, the journal of the American Hospital Association and was written by ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and CVS Health will colaborate to put lifesaving...

This article from Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, ...

Many of the nation's hospitals and health systems have made progress laying the building blocks f...

Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders were at a higher risk of po...

Now, more than ever, hospitals and health system CEOs cannot sit on their hands as new care deliv...

Bundled payments are becoming more attractive to the health care industry as providers learn that...

Hospital trustees considering a merger or other affiliation should ask themselves if they are tre...

Are the salaries of employed physicians sustainable? That depends on how health systems and physi...

The Affordable Care Act enacts a new payment system for private health plans available to Medicar...

A key element of the PCMH model is engaging patients and caregivers in their care. This paper off...

This paper explores the current landscape of patient-centered medical home services for patients ...

This paper examines successful approaches to delivering mental health treatment in primary care a...

This decision-maker brief offers programmatic and policy changes that can help practices, especia...

This brief describes how decisionmakers can encourage a model of care that truly reflects the nee...

This commentary describes a template to standardize handoff education to drive safety improvement.

This article assesses the potential impact of P4P on national hospital disparities using a two-me...

This study found that pharmacist-led medication reconciliation in primary care settings identifie...

Health care executives have to ensure that new care models are implemented effectively and improv...

Hospital IT departments are facing what one executive calls a "tsunami of activities, expectation...

While any restructuring of the payment system will create incentives that alter providers' behavi...

Vermont begins building a single-payer health system that will move many state residents into a p...

Could changing the staffing model in the intensive care unit reduce patients' risk of dying?Accor...

This brief, based on site visits from Nov. 2009 through March 2010, highlights care coordination ...

A trip to the emergency department too often conjures up images of crowded waiting rooms and exte...

Results from the 2010 survey about readmission activities are presented

2011 Guidelines