hospitals
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What proposed Medicaid cuts could mean for rural communities, hospital access
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ACA program to reduce hospital readmissions not all it’s cracked up to be
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Program that paid hospitals to adopt electronic records delivers dramatic results
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Hospital admissions for older adults increased for weeks after natural disaster
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Hospital value-based purchasing program falls short of goals
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Voluntary value-based health programs dramatically reduce hospital readmissions
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Unpaid bills, charity care dropped by nearly half at Michigan hospitals soon after Medicaid expanded
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Promise of shared patient data uncertain
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New Medicare incentive rewards some hospitals whose quality doesn’t measure up
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Medicaid expansion gives hospitals immediate relief from uninsured care
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U-M Health System announces plans to reposition itself for greater integration, improved patient care
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Quiet design: Hospital experiments with sound panels to reduce noise
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Expanding state Medicaid stems growth of uncompensated care
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Measures to avoid hospital readmission often don’t work
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Hospitals could face penalties for missing electronic health record deadline
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Electronic health records don’t increase Medicare fraud, study finds
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How states can encourage web-based health care in hospitals
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When hospitals share patient records, emergency patients benefit
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Health info exchange: Short-term growth, but long-term concerns
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Saving lives could start at shift change: A simple way to improve hospital handoff conversations
