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Keep buns in the oven: Hospitals to save $1B by reducing early deliveries
With strong opinions coming from all sides about early elective deliveries, new data indicates that hospitals could save up to $1 billion if they reduce or eliminate the controversial practice. The
Cleveland Clinic, health systems stop infection reporting to Leapfrog with CMS database
With federal reporting available, some of the nation's top healthcare systems are forgoing reporting to an premier industry quality group. In a controversial turn in patient safety reporting,
Referrals to high-volume hospitals may not always lead to improved outcomes
Sending patients to hospitals with the largest volume of specialty surgical procedures does not necessarily lead to improved outcomes for the overall population, says a Washington State study that
Decade's 'top hospitals' announced by Leapfrog
The University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore and Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle have been named "Top Hospitals of the Decade" by The Leapfrog Group for their innovations in
SPOTLIGHT: Leapfrog Group calls for federal oversight of CPOE after simulation exposes errors
The Leapfrog Group, a longtime advocate for computerized physician order entry, is calling on federal officials to require hospitals and IT vendors to test CPOE systems for safety after the advocacy
CSC consultants: CPOE implementation doesn't have to take years
When the employer-centric Leapfrog Group started way back in 2000, it pushed computerized physician order entry as a way to improve the quality of care. (The impetus likely was the landmark 1999
Hospital-acquired infections continue to plague patients
Ten years after the problem first gained attention, hospital-acquired infections continue to plague patients. For three out of five conditions being measured, the statistics have gotten worse,
Deadly hospital infection rates vary within states, hospital systems
While U.S. hospitals tend to be a mixed bag when it comes to central-line infection rates--which account for roughly 30,000 deaths annually--105 hospitals throughout the nation were found to have
Revolution now!...for hospital ratings
Yesterday, the Leapfrog Group announced its customary list of top hospitals , all of which, no doubt, are fine institutions. That's, uh, really exciting...sort of. After all, other top hospital lists,
List of top hospitals includes some surprises
The Leapfrog Group has announced its 2009 list of top hospitals, a group that includes 34 urban facilities, eight children's hospitals and, in a new category this year, three rural hospitals. The
