Tag: hospitals
Optum and HealthBI announce partnership to boost hospitals risk-based performance
The platform gives providers patient data to earn incentives from risk-based contracts.
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Hospitals that conduct programs where patients rate physicians score better than...
By collecting and sharing patient satisfaction survey results hospitals are earning higher overall scores, according to research a provider organization conducted.
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Merger of 13 Massachusetts hospitals gets green light from Department of...
The hospitals are attempting to band together in order to compete with hospitals such as Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Simple steps to prevent pneumonia are a big opportunity for hospitals...
Roughly 9,886 lives and $ 2.43 billion could be saved annually with a 50 percent cut in cases, researchers said.
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The case for testing all adults for Hepatitis C: It’s safer...
Researchers at Boston Medical, Mass General and Stanford said screening more people for the virus increases cure rates and reduces deaths.
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New Mexico hospitals benefit from recent Medicare changes, analysis shows
The study contradicts assertions by some hospitals that the new payment system and changes to the 340B drug discount program would bring drastic cuts...
CMS mandates that hospitals report EHR meaningful use data through secure...
The QualityNet Secure Portal, or QNet streamlines data submission methods to make it easier for eligible hospitals and CAH's to report.
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Top 20 hospitals get poor marks on Yelp
In an industry increasingly beholden to consumerism, Yelp ratings matter, as hospitals seek to retain their respective market shares.
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Marketplace helps Colorado hospitals sell, trade legacy devices to recover some...
The online marketplace includes devices, pharmaceuticals, capital equipment and supplies to help hospitals recover some expenses and reduce overall costs.
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Colorado signs law mandating that hospitals post self-pay prices
The "Transparency in Health Care Prices Act," has good intentions but pricing transparency has mixed results thus far.
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