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One Surgeon Explains Why Transparent Pricing Works for His Facility and Patients
An Oklahoma surgery center first posted its bundled surgery prices online 10 years ago, starting a mini-revolution in surgical price transparency.
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Transparent Pricing Growing Trend in ASCs
The healthcare industry is undergoing a seismic shift as surgeries and procedures increasingly move to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and other outpatient sites. Consumer demand and greater efficiency are driving this change, but there’s a growing new trend that also could push even more business to ASCs: transparency in pricing.
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Providers Address Homelessness to Reduce ED, Hospital Use
Some hospitals are stepping up their game in the area of homeless patients, adopting a “housing first” philosophy — or, the idea that having a roof over one’s head is inextricably linked with better health, and is a critical first step to any effective treatment plan.
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Post-discharge Communication: Preprogrammed Phones May Lower Readmissions
Six months after the implementation of a pilot program using preprogrammed phones to encourage patients to call or text their home care provider or visiting nurse at the onset of worsening conditions, readmission rates at Accessible Home Health Care decreased significantly.
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Limited Health Literacy a Barrier to Achieving Good Outcomes
To ensure optimal outcomes for patients from all backgrounds, review your materials and communications to ensure they include all literacy levels.
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Roles and Functions of Community Health Workers
Community health workers have the potential to enhance primary care access and benefit patients — but remain a largely untapped resource.
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FDA Proposes Including Children in Adult Cancer Trials
IRB members have until Aug. 3, 2018, to submit comments on FDA draft guidance that would open adult oncology clinical trials to children ages 12 to 17 years.
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IRBs Can Learn to Make the Most of Central IRB Partnerships
The IRB at Inova Health System of Falls Church, VA, began working with a central IRB 15 years ago — long before the new Common Rule encouraged IRBs to designate an IRB of record for multisite studies.
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IRBs and IBCs: Critical Partners in Gene Research
In addition to IRB oversight, the National Institutes of Health requires that research using “recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules” for gene transfer into human research subjects be approved by institutional biosafety committees.
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FDA Explains IRB Written Procedures Policy
New federal guidance on IRB written procedures leave “meaningful content” open to interpretation.