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health affairs
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Researchers asking tough questions about Medicare’s readmission reduction program
Researchers and health policy experts are questioning the value of Medicare’s efforts to reduce 30-day hospital readmissions. The latest example…
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Fla. hospitals make little progress on error reduction
South Florida Sun Sentinel reporters Sally Kestin and Bob LaMendola report that, despite the myriad initiatives and protocols launched in…
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Minority population swells in nursing homes
In The Providence Journal, reporter and AHCJ board member Felice Freyer reports on the local effects of the national trend…
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Spotlight on health care quality, measures
The April issue of Health Affairs focuses on the quality of health care in the United States. Some highlights of…
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Video, presentations from comparative effectiveness conference available online
Earlier this month, ECRI’s 17th annual conference tackled the thorniest detail of comparative effectiveness research, namely that it’s rarely a…
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Is America’s high health spending linked to short lifespans?
The United States lags behind other developed nations in life expectancy, yet spends far more on health care than any…
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In addition to lives, checklists save money
Last year, Atul Gawande and company made a splash by showing what a profound clinical impact checklists made on patient…
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Assessing acute care in America
The New York Times‘ Kevin Sack reports on a Health Affairs study that explores “acute medical care,” particularly initial visits…
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How reform will affect America, group by group
In Health Affairs (AHCJ members get free access), economist Joseph Newhouse considers how health care reform will affect four major…