Mortality rates and readmission rates: Is there a link?
Any hospital executive on this earth wants his or her hospital to have lower mortality rates, and lower readmission rates. However, researchers are wondering if that is even possible. They’ve raised...
View ArticleStudy: Facebook ‘likes’ an indicator of care quality, patient satisfaction
Hospitals looking for a quick way to gauge the quality of their care may look no further than their Facebook pages. According to an analysis of New York hospitals published in the American Journal of...
View ArticleHospital sees more deaths, longer stays after telehealth program
Many healthcare providers have been adopting telehealth programs with great results for both the organization and its patients. But that doesn’t mean all hospitals are having the same experience. Some...
View ArticleSurgical checklists reduce death rates in South Carolina
Surgical checklists can be helpful. They allow the surgery team to streamline processes and make sure critical steps weren’t missed during the procedure. New research offers proof that these checklists...
View ArticleGood news: When readmissions decrease, fewer people die
Because of the growing focus on readmissions, many healthcare experts were worried that other areas could be negatively affected by the push to keep people out of the hospital – specifically, mortality...
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