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Severe Maternal Morbidity is the term used to encompass specific chronic and acute pregnancy and childbirth complications. The National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (NPEC) released the…

Annual Report on Severe Maternal Morbidity in Ireland in 2020

Study Finds CMS Hospital Ratings Highly Sensitive to Methodological Choices in Calculation

CMS Proposed Rule to Suppress Public Reporting of Key Measures of Preventable Hospital-Caused Harm

Call for Hospitals to Make Radical Transparency Real and Accessible to Improve Patient Safety

NQF Begins Accepting Public Comments to Review Quality Measures Used in Federal Programs

Cancer Death Rates Among Black People Declined Over Time, Remains Higher Than Other Racial and Ethnic Groups

U.S. News rates Senior Living Communities

New FAIR Health Study Reports 76 Percent of Patients Diagnosed with Post-COVID Conditions Had Never Been Hospitalized for COVID-19

HCCI Analysis Finds Price of Childbirth in the U.S. Tops $13,000 in 2020

AHRQ Stats: Opioid Use Among Elderly Adults

CIHI Analysis: Wait Times for Priority Procedures in Canada

Rand Report: Private Health Plans During 2020 Paid Hospitals 224 Percent of What Medicare Would Pay

Lown Institute Report Found 100,000 Older Americans Received Unnecessary Surgeries During Pandemic

AHRQ: Notice of request for information regarding potential Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and System (CAHPS®) survey for Inpatient Mental Healthcare settings.

Rates of Adverse Events in Hospitalized Patients After Summer-Time Resident Changeover in the United States: Is There a July Effect?

KFF Analysis: Majority of Physicians Accept New Patients, Including Patients With Medicare, Private Insurance

State of Reform: Surprise Medical Billing Litigation Stalls in Texas as Feds Await New Final Rule