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An estimated 77 million Americans - some 37% of U.S. adults - have difficulty paying medical bills, have accrued medical debt, or both, ...
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While a global movement has stimulated a substantial effort to reduce health disparities by increasing apparent equity among disparate sub-populations, a recent report from the Public Health Policy Advisory Board, ... raises questions ...
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Publication of the first study to assess the effects of quality incentives in a large health plan has added to the optimism over the promise of pay-for-performance to improve the quality of health care.
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The frequency of malpractice claims has decreased by 1% from the 2004 figure, even as the severity of claims continues to rise, ...
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This column features selected short items about state health care policy.
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The Hospice of the Cleveland Clinic in Independence, OH, has developed a behavioral interviewing decision matrix that is used when staff interview candidates for hospice positions.
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As community providers, managers at the Hospice of the Western Reserve in Cleveland, realized more than a decade ago that its community increasingly will include pediatric hospice cases, so something needed to be done to ensure this population was well served.
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If a major disaster struck your community, how many of your employees would show up for work?
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"We all understand that there is no 'getting back to normal.' We are now in the process of redefining what is normal..."
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As hospices become more competitive and challenged by the 21st century market forces, some are searching for more efficient ways to hire and retain the team-working staff they most desire.
