hospitals
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Can Comments Improve Care? How Yelp Reviews Can Help Patients and Providers Understand Experiences of Hospital Care
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Recently, there has been an increased focus on improving patient satisfaction in health care. Patient experience is one of the three pillars of the Triple Aim framework, as numerous studies have found a positive link between patient experience and downstream health outcomes, particularly with regards to self-management of chronic disease…
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Crowding Out Care: Overburdened Emergency Departments Could Hurt Patients by Diverting Ambulance Traffic
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A new study finds that, when patients are diverted from emergency departments due to overcrowding, they receive lower levels of treatment and suffer worse outcomes.
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Can Financial Penalties Drive Hospitals to Improve Patient Care?
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A new study finds evidence that financial penalties through the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program reduced patient readmissions for targeted conditions.
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Death by Insurance: Disparities in Healthcare Outcomes Based on Payment Methods
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Researchers find a link between health outcomes and the type of insurance used by patients being treated for similar medical conditions at the same hospitals.
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A Flood of Newly Insured Patients: How Will States, Providers, and Health Systems Respond?
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The Urban Institute investigates the ability of health care providers to manage changes from the Affordable Care Act.
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No Smoking: Hospital non-smoking policies’ effect on smokers
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How well do hospitals fare in maintaining smoke-free grounds, and who gets caught in the fray with such policies?
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Access Matters: Tracking Regional Differences in Quality Health Care
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Does where you live affect the care you receive?
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Slowpokes
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Despite attention from federal policymakers, the transition to the digital future remains elusive for some hospitals.