Hospitals in pursuit of excellence

I have been so proud to see America’s hospitals and health systems speak so passionately on behal...

A complete list of every HPOE/HRET guide created since 2010. This list features nearly 80 guides ...

The utilization review staff at HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital examines medical records for inpati...

In this study, the research team sought to compare the performance of provider-sponsored health p...

The Illinois Health and Hospital Association's Institute for Innovations in Care and Quality, Qua...

This year's winners of Health Care's Most Wired Survey are employing information technology to he...

The Heathcare Association of New York State announced its 2015 Community Health Improvement award...

The concept of the Triple Aim is  widely used, partially because of IHI’s work with many organiza...

This webpage will take to you the complete listing of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ...

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

HPOE and Leavitt Partners worked in collaboration to detail how accountable care organizations (A...

Sylvia Getman, president and CEO of the Aroostook Medical Center and senior vice president of Eas...

With the rise in higher-deductible health plans and coinsurance, Americans are paying an increasi...

Managing population health, financial planning for value-based care and payment, and leading impr...

Health care organizations are in varying stages of clinical and financial integration as they pur...

Whether cheering for soccer, tennis, baseball, softball or another sport, fans no doubt have witn...

Building off the 2013 HPOE guide on value-based contracting this guide provides additional financ...

Hospitals and health care systems can support their missions and also many additional benefits by...

Moving from a volume-based payment model to a value-based payment model requires a new set of man...

The health care industry is shifting from volume- to value-based payment and care delivery models...

This HPOE presentation highlights the business imperative for equity of care.  As the health care...

Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

Health care is experiencing dramatic change as the nation's delivery system transitions to a valu...

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

In July 2013, the AHA released another collection of action-oriented resources that can help hosp...

Board members have a critical role to play in setting the tone for meaningful quality improvement...

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

Young children who missed more than half of recommended well-child visits had up to twice the ris...

The 2012 AHA Committee on Performance Improvement focused on advanced illness management. Well-de...

The November issue of Trustee magazine delves into hospital mergers with a cover article featurin...

Increasing patient adherence to medications? Check. Providing safe, patient-centered care? Check...

Joint ventures between investor-owned and nonprofit health care organizations are not new; in fac...

Bundled payments are becoming more attractive to the health care industry as providers learn that...

Health plans and Medicare are using cost profiles to identify which physicians account for more h...

When patients are given decision aids, such as educational booklets, DVDs, or interactive tools, ...

Are the salaries of employed physicians sustainable? That depends on how health systems and physi...

The Affordable Care Act enacts a new payment system for private health plans available to Medicar...

Background In October 2008, CMS discontinued additional payments for certain hospital-acquired c...

There has been a growing interest over the past several years in the concept of payment bundling,...

Clinical integration is needed to facilitate the coordination of patient care across conditions, ...

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

There is widespread agreement that the current fee-for-service approach to paying for health care...

Purpose. This study assesses the impact of advance directives on end-of-life costs, drawing on ad...

Mayo Clinic has four operating unites to create new tools, processes and businesses. The Division...

This discussion paper analyzes factors that attribute to  better outcomes at lower costs. The aut...

As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced...

The authors found little evidence that participation in the Premier HQID program led to lower 30-...

Transitioning to the new coding system is a mammoth undertaking, one that requires not just signi...

As health care moves to a value-based business model, health care payments will likely be reduced...

Continuum Health Partners'  pay-for performance program (P4P) is designed to partner with physici...