Category Archives: Headline of the Day
Number of hospital accidents not getting any better
February 11, 2016Watch Jean Rexford’s February 10th interview with Eric Parker,WFSB’s iTeam Investigative reporter. The discussion centered on the recently released CT Adverse Event report which addressed a total of 471 reports
Rory’s Story: Person-Centered Care Must be our Goal
December 14, 2015On December 2nd I presented the keynote speech at the Hartford Business Journal Health Care Heroes Award Luncheon. The subject was patient-centered care, a topic that I am very passionate
Bill Ensures Meds And Devices Won’t Be Adequately Tested
November 22, 2015November 22, 2015 7:00 AM | SUSAN F. WOOD and DIANA ZUCKERMAN | Hartford Courant | Precision medicine is the next big thing in health care, and it’s also one
1,800 hospitals will see value-based purchasing bonuses in fiscal 2016
October 27, 2015Modern Healthcare By Virgil Dickson | October 26, 2015 Medicare will reward more hospitals than it will penalize in fiscal 2016 under its value-based purchasing program, the CMS said Monday.About 1,800
Marketplace Customers Could See Higher Premiums, No Coverage For Out-Of-Network Care
October 27, 2015Kaiser Health News By Michelle Andrews October 27, 2015 When the health insurance marketplaces open on Sunday, consumers shopping for 2016 coverage may encounter steeper premium increases than last year
CMS updates hospital results for consumers
July 29, 2015CMS reports these outcomes for patients who are admitted to the hospital for a heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), stroke, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
Triaging the Transitions — It’s time to fix the broken process for transitions of care, says Fred N. Pelzman, MD.
July 16, 2015MedpageToday | 07.16.2015 Fred N. Pelzman, MD. It seems that our transitions of care leave something to be desired. These delicate tipping points, when patients are sometimes at their most
Making the Cut: Why choosing the right surgeon matters even more than you know
July 14, 2015by Marshall Allen and Olga Pierce, ProPublica July 13, 2015 In February 2012, LaVerne Stiles went to Citrus Memorial Hospital near her home in central Florida for what should have
Can the state build a better system to get your medical records to your doctors?
May 15, 2015With providers moving to electronic medical record systems, they often still don’t “talk” to each other. Just think how much safer your care could be if all of your providers
Admitted to Your Bedroom: Some Hospitals Try Treating Patients at Home
April 28, 2015In response for the call to reduce the costs associated with health care, hospitals are trying new ways to treat patients without the higher costs by providing hospital-level treatment at