Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

Health care executives have to ensure that new care models are implemented effectively and improv...

Hospital IT departments are facing what one executive calls a "tsunami of activities, expectation...

This webpage gives tips for safely disposing (getting rid of) needles and other sharp devices tha...

While any restructuring of the payment system will create incentives that alter providers' behavi...

This certified CME/CE activity addresses professional practice gaps in the optimal care of chroni...

CMS issued a final rule with comment period that updates payment policies and rates for physician...

Payers are considering bundled payments for inpatient surgery, combining provider reimbursements ...

One of the leading alternative payment models proposed in the Affordable Care Act of 2010 is bund...

Vermont begins building a single-payer health system that will move many state residents into a p...

In an effort to provide hospitals and health systems nationwide with guidance, Premier developed ...

While many hospital and health systems have already implemented evidence-based medicine and proce...

This report summarizes the results of that survey, which indicated that overall influenza vaccina...

Duplicate medication order errors increased with CPOE and CDS implementation. Many work system fa...

Results from the 2010 survey about readmission activities are presented

Why Is Focusing On Preventable Mortality Important?Hospital leaders work hard every day to provid...

2011 Guidelines

This paper discusses how new technologies can be applied to improve the health of populations and...