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When violence hits home: Lessons for hospitals
Trustee talking points
In the aftermath of a number of shootings nationwide, hospitals are re-evaluating how well-prepared they are for hand
Making Sense of Hospital Quality Ratings
Every day, it seems that a new hospital quality scorecard is released, sparking news stories about how hospitals compare with one another and against nationwide benchmarks.
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.
Quality measurement: Making it meaningful
America’s hospitals are committed to sharing meaningful, accurate hospital quality information with the patients they serve.
Bottom Line in Patient Safety and Quality
Improving patient safety is a goal at every hospital and health system. In fact, hospital and system trustees have a fiduciary responsibility to ensure high-quality, safe patient care.
Who Is Accountable for this Patient?
Trustee Magazine Articles
Payers in population health contracts are using claims data to identify the physician responsible for a patient’s health and spending. It’s an inexact science that can aggravate providers before empowering them.
Understanding quality scorecards: A primer for boards
The number of public quality scorecards for hospitals has increased exponentially in recent years as consumers take more interest in getting the most value for their health care dollar.
Lower-cost Ways to Strengthen Patient Engagement
Snapshot By engaging patients with new services and technology, hospitals are heading off costly interventions and building loyalty.
HIIN builds on success
Faced with ongoing improvement work and beckoning opportunities, more than 4,000 hospitals around the country have joined together to improve care and increase collaboration through the Hospital Im
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.