CMS Updates Hospital Results for Patients and Caregivers
August 25, 2016
On July 27th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated the results for the following eighteen measures of hospital quality on its patient-oriented website, Hospital Compare (www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.html):
Ask These Three Questions to Get Better Healthcare
August 8, 2016
Peter Pronovost MD PhD; July 13, 2016 <img alt=”Ask These Three Questions to Get Better Healthcare” class=”StretchedBox W(100%) H(100%) ie-7_H(a)” src=”http://l1.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/pGelLrxhyWLHhEQ_rHVqJA–/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9ODAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/robb_report_221/d691e2362bfc8c7ee4a9ee6924453fd6″/> These three key questions can transform healthcare decisions.
‘Bag of Pills’: Is It Necessary? Fewer medications is an achievable goal
May 10, 2016
MedPage Today by Joyce Frieden News Editor, MedPage Today WASHINGTON — Polypharmacy is a difficult problem for many physicians who treat older patients, but there are steps they can take to cut
Now There’s Proof: Docs Who Get Company Cash Tend to Prescribe More Brand-Name Meds
March 17, 2016
by Charles Ornstein, Ryann Grochowski Jones and Mike Tigas, ProPublica, March 17, 2016, 5 a.m. (Pill bottle: Davis Photography via Getty Images; sheet of hundred dollar bills: Don Farrall via
Let’s involve Connecticut patients in reducing medical errors
March 15, 2016
Lisa Freeman, Connecticut Center for Patient Safety, Executive Director March 13 through 18 is National Patient Safety Awareness Week. As I sit here, thinking of what to write, stories of the people
Want to know about medical mistakes? Talk to the parents.
March 9, 2016
By Ryan White March 04, 2016 | USC Center for Health Journalism As someone who has spent quite a bit of time as a visitor at a hospital recently,
Number of hospital accidents not getting any better
February 11, 2016
Watch 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, 2015
On 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, 2015
November 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, 2015
Modern 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