Quality & Patient Safety
For years, Caitrin Houlihan sought solace in drugs and alcohol. She started smoking marijuana at age 12 and gravitated toward painkillers, angel dust, cocaine and heroin in her teens. “Where I grew up, it was very acceptable,” Houlihan, 38, says of her Boston neighborhood. “That’s how I knew how to…
Strategy Webinar: Board’s role in population health The Center for Healthcare Governance is offering a recorded webinar available on demand titled “Gearing Up for Population Health: How Boards Can Lead With Influence.” The webinar outlines four key steps for boards: defining…
Cancer Forecast
1,685,210 new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in the U.S. this year.
595,690 people are expected to die in the U.S. this year.
Soon patients may have no excuse to miss a doctor appointment.
MedStar Health, which serves Maryland and Washington, D.C., recently teamed up with Uber, the ride service, to provide patients with a reliable option to get to and from their medical appointments safely.
On April 16, President Barack Obama signed into law the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.
Trustee Talking Points
Trustee Talking Points
Misuse of prescription opioids is reaching crisis proportions in the United States, with an estimated 44 people dying every day from an overdose of such painkillers.
The problem cuts across demographic and geographic categories, enveloping the…
Trustee Talking Points
Trustee Talking Points
Performance data give Medicare and other payers the ability to measure the value of health services.
Value-based competition will thoroughly disrupt health care markets and will favor innovative players.
Providers will need to reconsider what…
Our Obesity Problem
36.5% of American adults are obese.
Here’s how it breaks down by age.
Trustee Talking Points
Trustee Talking Points
Hospital leaders — executives and trustees — must pay attention to how facilities affect infection control and patient safety.
Medicare and insurers are tying reimbursement to measures on health care-associated…