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Hospitals and health systems in the United States are facing an unparalleled force to change. Industry experts have projected that multiple, intersecting pressures will drive the transformation of health care delivery and financing from volume- to value-based payments over the next decade.
AHA Committee on Performance Improvement MembersKimberly McNally, MN, RN (Chair) Trustee UW Medici
This website gives history and information to patients, providers, payers of western New York state to improve the care of the community.
This webpage gives consumers resources and tools to be actively engaged in the quality of the care they receive. Through a partnership with various groups, RWJF provides videos, surveys and reports about choosing the right doctors, the role of HIT and how to evaluate quality of care.
This TrendWatch from September 2011 examines recent research on hospital readmissions, including the linkages between readmissions and quality of care, and the various circumstances that may drive readmissions.
Given that Medicare and Medicaid comprise more than 20 percent of all federal spending, some policymakers are advocating cuts to Medicare and Medicaid payments for hospital services as part of deficit reduction options.
Some policymakers are advocating for reductions in Medicare and Medicaid spending to reduce the federal deficit.
The AHA today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower courts finding in favor of a company that sought to patent a process for correlating the level of certain chemicals in a patients blood with the patients health.
A report by the Center for Post-acute Innovation & Research