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Hospital Use of Quality Improvement Methodologies

This is 14 percent more than all hospitals with an organized quality improvement program that responded to the November 2014 American Hospital Association Survey of Care Systems and Payment.

Governance Quality and Resources to Improve it

Twice a year, the American Hospital Association’s Center for Healthcare Governance convenes board and C-suite members for education and discussion and, twice a year, governance consultant Jam

Rural ACO Builds on Quality Programs

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After years of preparation, nine rural hospitals and physician groups form an accountable care organization to focus on prevention.

Hospital-acquired conditions drop 17%

Hospitals are making “substantial progress in improving safety,” according to an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality report that found a 17 percent decline

Mental Disorders Outgrow Other Costly Conditions

Cases involving mental disorders and their associated expenditures increased more than those of heart disease, cancer or any of the other top five costliest conditions, according to an

Hospitals and health systems consider paths to increasing value

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Medicaid Reform Takes Hold

Snapshot State Medicaid programs are saving money and improving quality by adding risk-based reimbursement and care models that wrap around patients.

Umbdenstock Reflects on Tenure With AHA, Shares Insight for Industrys Future

After 40 years in health care, eight as top executive at the American Hospital Association, RICH UMBDENSTOCK, 65, concluded his career at the end of August.