VA vs. private hospitals
How do efficiently is care provided for patients at Veteran Affairs’ hospitals as compared to private hospitals? This is not an easy question to answer […]
Quality
What is a “patient-centered core impact set”?
Patients want new treatments to improve their quality of life. However, do typical patient reported outcomes adequately capture new treatment’s impact on factors that patients […]
10 hospitals hiring chief medical officers
Below are 10 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that posted job listings seeking chief medical officers in the last two weeks.
Outpatient clinical considerations for treating COVID-19: CDC
Paxlovid and remdesivir, which goes by the brand name Veklury, are the preferred antiviral drugs for treating eligible COVID-19 patients, according to the CDC’s interim […]
7 systems seeking chief quality officers
Below are seven hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking chief quality officers.
10 hospitals hiring chief medical officers
Below are 10 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that posted job listings seeking chief medical officers in the last two weeks.
How continuously active disinfection solutions improve disinfection in healthcare setting
Continuously active disinfection (CAD) takes traditional surface disinfection to the next level. Published evidence demonstrates the effectiveness of CAD in certain healthcare settings where its […]
8 systems seeking chief quality officers
Below are eight hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking chief quality officers.
12 hospitals hiring chief medical officers
Below are 12 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that posted job listings seeking chief medical officers in the last two weeks.
13 hospitals hiring chief medical officers
Below are 13 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that posted job listings seeking chief medical officers in the last two weeks.
10 executives on quality improvement measures deserving more attention
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused quality leaders to seek innovative solutions to not only maintain but reinvigorate quality efforts, with renewed attention on maintaining measures […]
5 systems seeking chief quality officers
Below are five hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking chief quality officers.
7 systems seeking chief quality officers
Below are eight hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking chief quality officers.
14 hospitals hiring chief medical officers
Below are 14 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that posted job listings seeking chief medical officers in the last two weeks.
8 systems seeking chief quality officers
Below are eight hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking chief quality officers.
13 hospitals hiring chief medical officers
Below are 13 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that posted job listings seeking chief medical officers in the last two weeks.
4 systems seeking chief quality officers
Below are four hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking chief quality officers.
16 hospitals hiring chief medical officers
Below are 16 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that posted job listings seeking chief medical officers in the last two weeks.
10 executives on quality improvements amid COVID-19
The demands of the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed quality leaders to seek innovative solutions to not only maintain but reinvigorate quality improvement efforts — especially […]
14 hospitals hiring chief medical officers
Below are 14 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have posted job listings seeking chief medical officers.
5 systems seeking chief quality officers
Below are five hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking chief quality officers.
17 hospitals hiring CMOs
Below are 17 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that posted job listings seeking CMOs in the last two weeks.
Bats found inside Louisiana hospital
Willis Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport, La., has been dealing with isolated reports of bats, according to ABC affiliate KTBS 3.
FDA Guidance: Methods for identifying what is important to patients
What disease components are most burdensome to patients? How do researchers find this information out? To answer this question, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) […]
7 systems seeking chief quality officers
Below are seven hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking chief quality officers.
13 hospitals hiring CMOs
Below are 13 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that posted job listings seeking CMOs in the last two weeks.
11 hospitals hiring CMOs
Below are 11 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that posted job listings seeking CMOs in the last two weeks.
10 systems seeking chief quality officers
Below are ten hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking chief quality officers.
Meet the CMOs of US News’ top 10 hospitals
Below are brief biographies of the chief medical officers at the hospitals that took the top 10 spots in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021-22 […]
5 recent clinical affiliations
Here are five clinical affiliations announced since Jan. 4:
Is physician compensation tied mostly to volume or value?
Alternative payment models (APM) are the new trend of the past few decades. High quality, efficient providers should be paid more; low-quality, less efficient providers […]
New CDC webpage alerts providers to urgent maternal health issues
The CDC on Feb. 1 unveiled a new webpage with information to support healthcare professionals providing maternal care.
Pandemic’s surprises make scientists wary of predictions
Omicron’s swift emergence is just one of the curveballs the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown scientists. Now, scientists tread especially carefully when making predictions on the […]
10 hospitals seeking CMOs
Below are 10 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that posted job listings seeking CMOs in the last two weeks.
Infection-induced COVID-19 immunity no match for vaccinations, hospitalization data suggests
At this point in the COVID-19 pandemic, about 60 to 70 percent of unvaccinated adults in the U.S. have been infected. Still, there are significant […]
8 systems hiring chief quality officers
Below are eight hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking chief quality officers.
1 thing that should be on CMOs’ priority list, per Leapfrog CEO Leah Binder
Some hospitals are bringing in underqualified or nonspecialized physicians because of staffing shortages, a move Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group, believes […]
3 top patient safety concerns right now, per Leapfrog CEO
Amid the pandemic’s omicron surge, one expert has three patient safety and infection control issues top of mind.
Most ‘Havana Syndrome’ cases not caused by US foes, CIA suggests
A CIA-led investigation has found that most cases of “Havana Syndrome,” a mysterious illness first identified in 2016, were likely not caused by a sustained […]
Impact of hospital mergers on quality: a case study
There is mixed evidence about whether hospital mergers improve quality. On the one hand, economies of scale could lead to more investment in information technology, […]
12 hospitals seeking CMOs
Below are 12 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that posted job listings seeking CMOs in the last two weeks.
7 systems recruiting chief quality officers
Below are seven hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that recently posted job listings seeking chief quality officers.
CDC’s COVID-19 self-checker: 4 things to know about the clinical assessment tool
The CDC has an interactive “Coronavirus Self-Checker,” a clinical assessment tool to help individuals determine when to seek testing or care if they suspect they […]
What Northwell’s new chief quality officer refuses to look away from
Peter Silver, MD, hasn’t allowed the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic distract him from the goal that has defined his career: providing his patients with […]
13 hospitals seeking CMOs
Below are 13 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that posted job listings seeking CMOs in the last two weeks.
10 systems hiring chief quality officers
Below are 10 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that recently posted job listings seeking chief quality officers.
Quality of Care at Teaching Hospitals
Medicare pays higher reimbursement to teaching hospitals through indirect medical education (IME) payments to hospitals that train a high share of residents. IME inflate standard […]
Do we need outcomes-based contracts for drugs?
In the provider space, alternative payment models are increasingly common. These models aim to pay more money when providers improve quality and lower total cost […]
CMMI and its revised strategy
Created by Section 3021 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI; aka The CMS Innovation Center) has been […]
Which health systems are providing low value care?
That is the question posted by Ganguli et al. (2021). The define low value care as one of 41 specific services. They then use data […]
GAO Report on MIPS
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) last week published a report evaluating the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). MIPS is an approach for CMS to pay […]
Study: Rural hospitals that merged or were bought saw death rates drop
The mortality rates at rural hospitals for certain conditions, including heart attacks and stroke, decreased in the years following a merger or an acquisition compared […]
Impact of star ratings on provider demand
For years, Medicare and other payers have used quality measures to evaluate the quality of care patients receive at various types of providers settings (e.g., […]
CareMax to add 50 new senior care centers through Anthem collaboration
The senior care provider currently operates 34 medical centers offering healthcare and social services, like transportation. Through the collaboration, the companies will bring more seniors […]
Goal Attainment Scaling
What outcomes should be used to measure if a medicine is a “good” medicine? Improved survival? Improved ability to function? Few side effects? Ability to […]
Medicare Advantage vs. Medicare FFS: A Systematic Review
Medicare Advantage has grown over time. In 2020, nearly four in ten (39%) of all Medicare beneficiaries – 24.1 million people out of 62.0 million […]
Impact of COVID-19 on CMS’ value-based programs
Many Medicare payment initiatives aim to link reimbursement to value. Value includes both cost and quality of care. However, measuring quality of care during a […]
Limitations of CMS’s Hospital Star Ratings System
Is your hospital high quality? Well, this depends on what quality means. Does it have low readmission rates? Low rates of mortality? Do they follow […]
Providers to HHS: ACO quality reporting changes create undue burdens
Eleven provider organizations sent a letter to HHS urging them to reconsider the new rules around quality measurement and reporting for ACOs. One of the […]
Should you risk adjust for social factors?
If you want to implement value-based care, you need to define what a ‘good’ outcome is. A good outcome may be different for different individuals. […]
Measuring Hospital Quality
Quality of care is difficult to measure. Even if you had a perfect measure of quality in terms of health outcomes, risk adjustment is imperfect. […]
Is nursing home staff turnover a good quality metric?
There are a few sub-questions we need to break down to answer before answering this one larger question. These sub-questions include: Is nursing staff turnover […]
Apervita, Diameter Health join forces to improve data quality for value-based care contracting
Health IT company Apervita will leverage Diameter Health’s capabilities — which include cleaning and enriching clinical data — to enhance data quality for stakeholders looking […]
The limitations of provider quality ratings
This weekend, my fire alarms kept going off. I called the local fire department who came out and they checked everything out. They arrived quickly, […]
Empowering vulnerability: Overcoming the fear and shame of physician errors
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The Oncology Care Model is dead. Long Live the Oncology Care First Model.
The Oncology Care Model is slated to end soon. Specifically, the last set of six-month episodes would initiate no later than December 31, 2020 and […]
What’s in the air? Aerosol transmission drawing increased attention
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The Dawn of a European Health Data Space – Challenges
The European data strategy aims to construct common data spaces for all, create a single EU market for data, and catalyze a dynamic data economy. […]
