May 17, 2013
Healthcare reform is bringing about many new and potentially revolutionary concepts that are designed to improve the quality of the patient experience. One of these concepts is gradually capturing the attention of the nation’s healthcare leaders, Maura Lerner of the Star Tribune reports. According to Lerner, care guides, an idea pioneered by Minnesota-based Allina Health, [...]
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May 16, 2013
In the new era of value-based healthcare, what indicators are going to be used to evaluate hospitals, especially since value is less quantifiable than volume? According to John Commins at HealthLeaders Media, Moody’s Investor Service is experimenting with 20 new indicators for rating hospitals. Moody’s believes these indicators will “focus on value and measuring demand [...]
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