The 2014 AHA Chair-elect Jonathan  Perlin, MD, co-authored this paper and companion financial mod...

January 10th, 2014
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This primer discusses community benefit laws across the United States, noting differences in fede...

March 1st, 2013
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In 2008 Don Berwick, Tom Nolan, and John Whittington first described the triple aim of simultaneo...

December 3rd, 2012
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Health care professionals whose focus is on patient safety are very familiar with these alarming ...

November 19th, 2012
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While there is broad agreement on the general concepts defining patient-centered medical homes, l...

November 13th, 2012
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Assisted living facilities allow residents to "age in place" by adjusting their level of care and...

November 13th, 2012
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The Association of American Medical Colleges is pleased to present Diversity in Medical Education...

November 1st, 2012
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Acute care hospitals have been establishing palliative programs at a rapid pace; the United States n...

November 1st, 2012
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Many physicians are becoming employees of hospitals, medical groups or affiliate organizations. F...

November 1st, 2012
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This report is part of a new effort to provide medical students with information about the patter...

October 30th, 2012
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Objective: To understand factors leading to all-cause 30-day readmissions in a community hospital...

October 10th, 2012
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Purpose: To explore surgeons' perceptions of the factors that influence their intraoperative deci...

October 10th, 2012
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Readmission rates to U.S. hospitals are high, often because of poor care transitions. Serious adv...

October 1st, 2012
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A loading dose is an initial dose of medication administered to rapidly achieve therapeutic level...

September 9th, 2012
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Considering the evolution of measures designed to prevent nosocomial pneumonia, it makes clinical...

September 9th, 2012
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The goal of this guide is to help hospital leaders better understand how to address the issue of ...

September 1st, 2012
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The results from a 32-month long national collaborative, Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac...

April 1st, 2012
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This report utilizes Dartmouth Atlas data to show differences in resource utilization among the 2...

February 6th, 2012
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The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2012 User Comparative Database Report provides res...

January 1st, 2012
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