Most Americans don’t believe that the price of healthcare services ties to the quality of the care they receive, according to research published in Health Affairs.

The idea was quickly met with expressions of resolve to never let it see the light of day, but it’s out in the open now: A high-level commission has suggested transitioning the Department of Veterans Affairs from a provider network into a Medicare-like payer. 

Two hospitals in Utah are among the facilities that received a 2016 Women’s Choice Award for patient safety. Jordan Valley Medical Center in West Jordan, Utah, and Jordan Valley Medical Center-West Valley Campus in West Valley Campus, Utah, announced earning the awards earlier today.

(Omaha, NE) Ensocare, a leading provider of technology-enabled care coordination solutions, announced today that it has partnered with OpenPlacement to provide hospital patients nationwide the ability to use consumer tablet technology at their bedside to connect with post-acute care providers prior to being discharged.

If you’re familiar with the name Patrick H. Conway, MD, MSc, you probably know him as the chief medical officer of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and/or the lead administrator of CMS’s innovation center. But those are just his weekday jobs. 

Three researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School have put their heads together to produce and propose a detailed system for offering mortgage-like healthcare loans to hard-hit patients.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced two projects that focus on supporting and scaling quality improvement organizations.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recognized eight hospitals and healthcare systems as Healthcare-Associated Venous Thromboembolism (HA-VTE) Prevention Champions for their success in implementing innovative and effective ways to prevent venous thromboembolism in healthcare settings.