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2 Washington hospitals named spinal fusion Centers of Excellence: 3 insights
The Washington State Health Care Authority designated Olympia, Wash.-based Capital Medical Center and Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle as Centers of Excellence for spinal fusion bundled episodes of care, according to State of Reform.
How Hospitals Are Approaching Content Marketing
Content - Nearly two-thirds (73%) of hospitals in the United States are already engaging in content marketing, and an additional 19% plan to start this year, according to recent research from True ...
Patients much likelier to choose hospital that employs their doctor
When patients have to go to the hospital, they're likely to choose a facility that employs their doctor, a new study suggests. The study, which finds that patients of independent doctors often choose low-cost and high-quality hospitals, hints that not all organizations are successfully integrating care.
Hospital Errors and How to Protect Yourself
Americans are dying in hospitals from preventable medical mistakes. But, patients can minimize their risks by keeping a close eye on their care.
What Yelp can tell you about a hospital that official ratings can’t
If you've ever taken the time to give Yelp your two cents about a hospital, you'll be happy to know someone's listening and that they've deemed the information not only useful -- but unique.
7 tips for improving patient safety in hospitals
An AHRQ report shows hospital efforts to improve patient safety have resulted in about $19.8 billion in cost savings.
3 Ways Obamacare Is Changing How A Hospital Cares For Patients
For the first time, doctors have a financial incentive to keep patients out of the hospital. That's leading to some interesting changes.
Hospitals provide much more than health care
Gundersen Health System and Mayo Clinic Health System provide quality medical care to patients.
How hospitals are improving heart attack care, survival
In order to continue improving survival and prevention of heart damage, potential heart attack victims need to take action more quickly, heart experts said.
How Hospitals Can Partner with, Engage Patients and Families to Improve Care
Use this comprehensive list of resources to develop and implement your patient engagement strategies.
The Surprising Health Tip That Doctors And Bosses Should Recommend
A new study found that giving back results in 38 percent fewer hospital stays.
How to Build a Successful Acute/Post-Acute Care Continuum
Hospitals are forming networks with post-acute care and continuing care partners to ensure quality across the continuum.
Does spinal fusion BMP increase cancer risk in children?
The use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) for spinal fusion surgeries in paediatric patients may not pose a greater cancer risk.
When a Hospital Stay Is Not a Stay
Some hospital stays are not admissions but are done to put the patient under observation, which affects Medicare reimbursement and coverage.
What creates a toxic hospital culture?
Hospital culture flows from the personalities of its leaders.
How Technology Can Close the Door on Hospital Readmissions
We’re guessing that you've been to a hospital at one time or another — whether to visit a loved on or get treated themselves. And we’re also guessing that you have no desire to go back to a hospital again.<br>Sadly, hospital readmissions are all too common, so common that hospitals are being penalized
How hospitals discourage doctors: A step by step guide
As I watched him go, one thing became clear: Having read that document, I suddenly felt a lot less discouraged.
Can good hospital design improve your health?
Hospitals, care centers and research facilities that make up the industry -- in the States and abroad -- have never looked better.
How 3 hospitals use Periscope for patient engagement
Several hospitals are blazing trails with Twitter’s live-streaming platform. Let’s look at how three providers are delivering health and wellness to patients via real-time video.
Fewer Return Visits to the Hospital, but Higher Rates of Death, Study Finds
The Affordable Care Act required Medicare to penalize hospitals with high numbers of heart-failure patients who returned for treatment shortly after discharge. New research shows that penalty was associated with fewer readmissions, but also higher rates of death among that patient group.
