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Care quality 'significantly worse' when docs dictate notes by phone
How a physician documents patient encounters in an electronic health records system can affect the quality of care his or her patients receive, according to a new study.
Reform pushes patient satisfaction, hospital quality efforts
With hospitals bracing themselves for changes under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, they are primarily focusing on the patient experience, one of the care measures under value-based
Community health centers lagging in quality
As community health centers prepare for a major expansion under health reform, an analysis found that the more than 1,200 federally funded community health centers perform poorly on fundamental care
UnitedHealth ties doctor fees to quality care
In the latest sign that insurers are rejecting the traditional fee-for-service payment model, UnitedHealth said it would start tying doctors' fees to quality outcomes. WellPoint and Aetna both have
Ohio becomes Medicaid's first value-based purchaser
Ohio is transforming its Medicaid program by tying payments to quality, value-based outcomes, as the first in the nation to take such a step, the state announced Monday. The Office of Ohio Health
Blue Cross rewards quality care, patient perceptions
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island has launched a new program that provides financial incentives for hospitals to provide high-quality patient care. The Hospital Quality Program relies on
Docs plagued by little patient time, misinformation
The vast majority of physicians (88 percent) surveyed for a recent study said that they struggle to balance the business side of medicine with providing quality patient care. Although this finding
Partners HealthCare enters global payment system to save $240M
Partners HealthCare has reached a deal with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts that will reduce payments by $240 million over three years, Massachusetts' largest hospital and physician network
Hospital readmission rates stagnant
Despite national efforts to cut down on readmissions, hospitals only made minor progress in reducing costly readmissions over a five-year period ending in 2009, regardless of why patients were
Limiting physician-owned hospitals could stall competition, quality care
Physician-owned hospitals (POHs) can provide consumer choice, innovation, high-quality care, and patient satisfaction. Yet, restrictions in the reform law could virtually halt future expansion. By
