Hospitals That Care for Poor Patients Face Digital Divide Without Federal Help
October 26, 2009 | News Release
First national look at electronic health records in hospitals that serve the poor shows effect of lagging adoption rates on quality.
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How Fast and What Type of Imaging Elderly Low-Back Pain Patients Get Linked to Patient/Physician Traits Not Clinical Indications
May 25, 2009 | News Release
Archives study underscores need for quality metrics to measure overuse of care.
$19-Billion stimulus infusion good start, but researchers warn steep climb ahead to get hospitals to go digital.
March 25, 2009 | News Release/Video
Contrary to conventional wisdom, only a tiny fraction of U.S. hospitals have full health information technology (HIT) systems in place to improve how they deliver care, says the New England Journal of Medicine in the March 26 online edition.
Taming Wide Variations in Spending Key to Health Reform
February 24, 2009 | News Release
Dallas Medicare spending is growing twice as fast as San Diego. The system rewards physicians for providing care even when it is not needed.
"Pay Doctors for Value, Not Volume," Urges National Health Care Quality Coalition
February 17, 2009 | News Release
A new report from the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI) recommends major reforms in the way primary care physicians are paid.
PROMETHEUS Payment Set to Test New Method of Paying Providers for High-Quality Health Care
May 21, 2008 | News Release
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation commits $6.4 million to test model in four communities.
Report Evaluates Knowledge of How to Retain Older Nurses in Bedside Practice
June 14, 2006 | News Release
Variables such as flexible work hours, increased benefits, newly created professional roles, better designed hospital equipment and buildings, and an atmosphere of respect for nurses are central considerations for hospitals seeking to recruit and re ...