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Hospital Errors Worsened During The Pandemic, Say Federal Officials. Now They Want To Suppress The Data.
Hospitals may not be happy about publicly reporting the problems their patients suffered during the pandemic, but Medicare beneficiaries and the public at large deserve to know the truth.
This Federal Law Will Completely Overhaul Company Health Benefits. Nobody Is Ready.
“I feel a little like the dog that caught the car,” said one of the law’s leading employer champions, James Gelfand of the ERISA Industry Committee.
New Press Ganey Report Warns That Covid-19 May Have Worsened Hospital Safety
At least one in six people admitted to an American hospital suffered a hospital-acquired infection—long before we heard of SARS-CoV-19. Now the problem may be getting worse.Press Ganey finds troubling decline in leading indicators of safety in hospital…
Scientists Say This One Move Could Beat Back The Covid-19 Surge, If People Only Knew About It
There’s hope we can stop the surge even before the vaccine is widely available. Properly humidify indoor spaces, like our houses, schools and hospitals. The science is persuasive.
Five Health Care Campaigns That Can Heal The Partisan Rift And Save Lives
The campaign for election is over, now it’s time to govern. Here’s five health care policies that would save tens of thousands of lives and build on a broad bipartisan consensus.
Employers Won’t Like This New RAND Report On Health Costs
The second largest federal agency is in the market for a service sought by every company on the stock exchange. Who gets the best deal?
What Coronavirus Teaches Our Presidential Candidates About Health Care
Viruses don’t care about Medicare for All or Obamacare. Candidate platforms should address infection and patient safety in hospitals and nursing homes, the leading causes of death in the U.S., long before the coronavirus outbreak. Are we prepared?
Harvard Researcher Says This Inexpensive Action Will Lower Hospital Infection Rates And Protect Us For The Flu Season
Harvard Researcher Says This Inexpensive Action Will Lower Hospital Infection Rates And Protect Us For The Flu Season
Despite Naysayers, Trump’s Executive Order on Health Care Transparency Is a Breakthrough
President Trump signed an executive order (EO) Monday calling for price transparency in health care, aiming for patients to learn the price of a treatment before they undergo it. It is ridiculous that this EO is necessary at all—what other business rou…
Medicare’s Penalties For Readmissions Work, Despite Flaws
When you come home from a hospital stay, the last thing you want to see is the inside of that hospital again. But one in six discharged patients in the U.S. are back in their jonnies in less than 30 days, a third of them in less than seven days, at a n…
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