HealthPayerIntelligence.com writes: Leveraging the data of all-payers claims databases (APCDs) could improve healthcare price transparency for consumers, according to testimony presented at a House Energy…
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A new New York State Health Foundation-funded resource guides New York State in furthering price transparency tools. This NYSHealth-funded interactive, online database by HonestHealth and…
Informative blog post on the use of comparative Websites to help consumers find lower cost healthcare. The post cites the findings of a survey conducted…
Canada: Unintentional falls resulted in almost 1,800 reported emergency department (ED) visits and 417 hospital stays every day last year, making them the most common…
From 2005 to 2015, the percent of uninsured part-time workers dropped by 6.6 percentage points (from 19.3 to 12.7 percent). The percent uninsured among full-time…
The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) in Ireland has announced that it will commence inspecting all nineteen maternity hospitals and maternity units in public…
A study published in Pediatrics found pediatric adverse event rates were significantly higher in teaching hospitals than in nonteaching ones, writes Becker’s Clinical Leadership &…
Mississippi Clarion Ledger writes of the varying ER visit costs between hospitals within the state. It describes one person’s experience with various ER visits for…
Interesting article on utilizing patient engagement measures to make patient-centered initiatives more actionable. With more providers turning to patient engagement to drive success in their…
There is national momentum to empower patients with actionable health care information. But how well is the health care industry faring with this push to…
More than 90 percent of medical practices that were visited and served as patients’ usual source of care in 2015 used an electronic health or…
Findings from a study, published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, showed no evidence of consumers learning to price shop after two years in high-deductible…
The Australian government will fund 15 trials that will use data drawn from the MyHealthRecord system to boost patient outcomes. The projects, funded as part…
Medscare Medical News writes: Adopting electronic health records (EHRs) is initially linked to a minor increase in 30-day mortality rates, particularly if more functions are…
Healthcare Dive writes: Inaccurate diagnoses, medication errors, unsafe clinical facilities and inappropriate or unnecessary treatments are happening around the world regardless of a country’s wealth,…
From The Commonwealth Fund 2018 Scorecard on State Health System Performance: The rate of deaths from treatable medical conditions increased nationally and in two-thirds of…
Modern Healthcare writes: While the CMS has not yet disclosed specific changes to the methodology for calculating hospital star ratings, the changes will likely involve…