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Hospitals
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How close are we to meeting the promise of electronic health records?
Yes, technology is transforming health care. No, we haven’t come anywhere close to realizing the vision. Smooth patient handoffs, data-driven…
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When hospitals buy physician practices, patients hit with fees
WSB-Atlanta recently explored what happens when hospitals buy physician practices, which has been happening all over the Atlanta area. Prices…
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Price transparency gains momentum in N.C., but it’s not consumer-friendly
Health care consumers in North Carolina got some welcome news last month when the state Department of Health and Human…
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Taking a different look at readmission metrics, penalties
One of the high-profile programs within the Affordable Care Act is the drive to reduce preventable hospital readmissions among the…
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Report reveals the challenges behind covering patient safety
Patient safety is a critically important topic for health care journalists. Yet collecting the data needed to report on it…
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Will increased revenue at for-profit hospitals lead more states to expand Medicaid?
Will large hospital systems start to pressure officials in the states that have not expanded Medicaid now that their revenues…
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Searchable hospital data now includes June inspections
AHCJ just added 3,522 detailed records of hospital deficiencies on its HospitalInspections.org website. The latest addition includes inspections into June.…
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Hospital survey data updated, with changes
AHCJ has just updated its easy-to-use Hospital Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey data to include the…
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Early trends emerge following Medicaid expansion
A couple of stories have begun to trickle out from states about the impact of Medicaid expansion on hospitals. This…
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What happens when hospitals abandon inner cities
Hospitals in the U.S. have been abandoning inner cities for years. By 2010, the number of urban hospitals still operating…