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List of signers of the Kind-Emerson CAH letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
While any restructuring of the payment system will create incentives that alter providers' behaviors, bundled payments—single, all-inclusive payments for multiple services across an episode of care—are likely to have profound influences on the health care workforce. Here I contend…
CAPC Campus Online is an e-learning space covering the structural, operational and financial essentials of palliative care program development and sustainability.
A Pittsburgh-based wellness program enlists entire communities to promote wellness for children.
This annual webinar highlights thhe 2011 AHA-McKesson Quest forQuality winners and finalists. 2011 was the 10th for the award. The 2011 AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize winner is Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood, Florida. Finalists are AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Atlantic City, N…
Implementing a sustainability program requires significant cultural change and time. A good place to start is by examining what comes out of the facility. Waste reduction involves the diversion of waste from landfills through recycling, source reduction, reuse, repurposing and composting. Eighty…
Oregon's community hospitals are committed to working together to produce high-quality patient care to all the patients that access their services. Our mission is to share best-practices, work across boundaries, and create a safe and transparent environment for effective clinical change and…
The paper makes recommendations for enhancing QI efforts in health care, including providing stronger incentives for health care providers and organizations to prioritize quality; improving education, training, and technical assistance for providers; leveraging electronic health records or other…
One of the leading alternative payment models proposed in the Affordable Care Act of 2010 is bundled payment, which provides payment for all of the care a patient needs over the course of a defined clinical episode, instead of paying for each discrete service. We evaluated the initial “road…