The CK-MB Test is a traditional blood test of a cardiac marker used to assist in the diagnosis of...

September 16th, 2016
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Studies show lipase to be as sensitive as and more specific than amylase in diagnosing pancreatit...

September 16th, 2016
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Reducing inpatient length of stay has a strong impact on value and organizational performance, an...

September 16th, 2016
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This HPOE guide, developed by Kaufman Hall, provides key considerations in partnering for populat...

July 27th, 2016
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The health system's vision in 2014 was "to transform the delivery and financing of health care to...

February 29th, 2016
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This blog post is from H&HN, the journal of the American Hospital Association and was written by ...

June 9th, 2015
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In addition to identifying priority health needs and aligning partners and resources to address c...

May 6th, 2015
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Sylvia Getman, president and CEO of the Aroostook Medical Center and senior vice president of Eas...

April 29th, 2015

The nation’s health care delivery system is in the midst of a transition from a fee-for-service a...

August 14th, 2014
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Hospitals pursuing environmental sustainability are not only contributing to healthier communitie...

June 25th, 2014
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Building off the 2013 HPOE guide on value-based contracting this guide provides additional financ...

June 25th, 2014
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This guide explains why hospital leaders should explore sustainability strategies for their organ...

May 28th, 2014
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This guide is a synopsis of a conversation held at the Association for Healthcare Resource & Mate...

December 17th, 2013
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Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

August 27th, 2013
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Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

August 15th, 2013
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The nation’s health care system is undergoing dramatic change as the country shifts to a value-ba...

August 12th, 2013
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The nation’s health care system is undergoing dramatic change as the country shifts to a value-ba...

July 16th, 2013
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In late January 2012, pharmacists began reviewing potential pneumonia patients using a screening ...

March 6th, 2013
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For the last century, the major causes of disease and death among Americans have changed, shiftin...

November 2nd, 2012
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On April 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  released a final regulation for the ne...

September 12th, 2012
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Safety-net hospitals have lower performance than non-SNHs on metrics of patient-reported experien...

July 1st, 2012
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This discussion paper analyzes factors that attribute to  better outcomes at lower costs. The aut...

June 1st, 2012
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In this study of 1,421 employees, we examined how different presentations of information affect t...

March 1st, 2012
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Highland Hospital's Geriatric Fracture Center has achieved improved clinical outcomes (complicati...

February 1st, 2012
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Timely notification of critical laboratory values ensures prompt clinical intervention for potent...

February 1st, 2012
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This report discusses the strenghts of community disease prevention offers and presents a framewo...

January 1st, 2012
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Through HFMA's Value Project, health care finance leaders are joining their clinical partners to ...

June 1st, 2011
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The report defines the meaning of value in health care, provides an overview of the current state...

May 1st, 2011
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This article discusses definitions of population health and how various models of can operational...

March 1st, 2003
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