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It is widely recognized that there is more work needed to eliminate preventable harm in the U.S. ...
This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...
This report discusses the importance of health in all policies, an approach to improving health b...
In California, about 16 percent of the adult population, more than 4 million people, have mental ...
This primer discusses community benefit laws across the United States, noting differences in fede...
Medicine involves decisions. But for Medicare patients with conditions for which surgery is an op...
Assisted living facilities allow residents to "age in place" by adjusting their level of care and...
For the last century, the major causes of disease and death among Americans have changed, shiftin...
Acute care hospitals have been establishing palliative programs at a rapid pace; the United States n...
Many physicians are becoming employees of hospitals, medical groups or affiliate organizations. F...
This report is part of a new effort to provide medical students with information about the patter...
Readmission rates to U.S. hospitals are high, often because of poor care transitions. Serious adv...
The survey was sent by email to over 630,000 physicians (approximately 84 percent of all physicia...
How to solve the problem? Many practices have found the answer in the creation of high-functionin...
America's health care system has become too complex and costly to continue business as usual, say...
This report utilizes Dartmouth Atlas data to show differences in resource utilization among the 2...
This report provides a guide to conducting health impact assessments. It stresses the importance ...
Transitions across care settings introduce risk for patient harm, and medication errors are an im...
In the fall of 2008, perioperative leaders at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass., conduc...
The National Committee for Quality Assurance starts an accountable care organization accreditati...
This paper explores the current limits of primary care in the US, looks at illustrative models th...
