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Joint Commission: Leadership Key to Health IT Safety
Organizational leadership’s commitment to ensuring the safe use of health information technology is one of several actions proposed in a Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert
How Hospitals Can Prepare for Inevitable Breaches of Patient Data
Snapshot
A series of high-profile breaches underscored the vulnerability of online records and the ability of cyber-criminals to
5 ways to improve care for older patients
Last year marked the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid. These two programs (including state funding) represent 37 cents of every dollar spent on health care in the United States.
The hospital board and physicians, plus more news for health system trustees
AHA Resources
Understanding board’s role in hospital–physician relations
The American Hospital Association's Center for Healthcare Governance invites hospita
A Chance to Meet Your Peers, Stay on Top of the Hospital Field
The 2017 American Hospital Association Annual Membership Meeting offers trustees an excellent opportunity to gain perspectives that will help us continue to advance health in America.
Quality measurement: Making it meaningful
America’s hospitals are committed to sharing meaningful, accurate hospital quality information with the patients they serve.
The key to new payment programs? Data management.
Value-based payment approaches, including Medicare’s Quality Payment Program for physicians and other eligible clinicians, tie fees and bonuses to how well providers perform on various qualit
Business Associate Breaches
The volume of data security breaches occurring in health care has captured hospital and system trustees’ attention and forced them to investigate their respective organization’s plans a
Rethinking the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
Reducing readmissions is an important way to improve quality and lower health care spending, and hospitals are making significant progress.