The Hospital Engagement Network (HEN) a joint effort of the American Hospital Association and the Health Research and Educational Trust released its annual report last month, showing some slow progress on key quality metrics, but a lack of progress on many of the goals touted by the organization.
It will be no surprise to quality professionals that research shows that patients who lack the skills and confidence to manage their own healthcare often require more of it and incur higher healthcare costs.
In a Boston-based survey of travelers, 19% of individuals who were born in, had lived in, or traveled to dengue-endemic countries showed serologic evidence of previous dengue infection.
At the dawn of this century, world leaders signed a Millennium Declaration with the target of reaching eight specific health-related goals by 2015.
Recommendations for immunization of adults have been updated.
