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ICU mortality rates biased
Although in-hospital mortality rates measure quality in intensive care units, new research finds the performance metric may unfairly penalizing large, academic hospitals due to "discharge bias."
Unnecessary heart surgeries increase with facility supply
More hospitals are developing heart surgery centers, but new research suggests more catheterization labs lead to more performed heart surgeries, especially when they're not necessary. The supply of
Top management strategies for better hospital survival rates
While a new study showed heart attack survival rates significantly vary among U.S. hospitals, it also found that the better-performing hospitals use several simple strategies to successfully treat
Heart devices linked to higher mortality, infection
Despite life-saving goals, devices such as implantable pacemakers or defibrillators are actually a source of deadly infections, according a study published yesterday in the Journal of the American
Higher-spending hospitals see better emergency outcomes
Despite calls to rein in escalating healthcare spending, new research from Vanderbilt University Medical Center may have hospitals shelling out more dollars on emergency care, according to a study
Pay for performance fails to improve mortality rates
Flying in the face of the government's national pay-for-performance initiatives, new research finds that hospital incentives failed to achieve their goal of improving patient outcomes, specifically,
More hospital spending tied to lower mortality, readmissions
It's not exactly the news hospitals that are strapped for cash want to hear. A new study in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that Canadian hospitals that spent more on
Public quality reporting does not affect mortality
Contrary to its intent, public reporting of hospital quality through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Hospital Compare website has little or no effect on mortality rates, according
HealthGrades names best hospitals in emergency care
The best hospitals in emergency care are concentrated in Chicago, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Cleveland, Phoenix, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Detroit, according to a new report from HealthGrades released
Public mortality rates identify extreme performers
Following reports that mortality rates may be a misleading quality indicator comes research that public reporting on percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) fails to provide enough information to
