Category: Quality

MarinHealth Medical Center is pioneering the use of an AI-powered tool to detect the exact location of an aneurysm, CBS News reported Sept. 9. 

The goal of any hospitalization is to resolve the issue that brought the patient to our doorstep in the first place. Focus is the watchword. Whether it’s routine care or quality improvement work, most of our efforts pinpoint the single diagnosis for wh…

Physician assistants might be granted interstate practice by spring 2026.

National orthopedic organizations do not have clear guidelines for obese and overweight patients seeking joint replacements, but individual physicians have different cutoffs — and the variation is complicating care, The New York Times reported Sept. 4….

Becker’s has compiled a list of the hospitals with a CMS 5-star rating for cleanliness.

Amanda Caldwell, BSN, RN, did not intend to step into leadership, but her desire to make things better for patients and serve staff eventually drove her toward such roles.

At some of the nation’s top hospitals, patient safety and quality leaders are exploring strategies to reduce hospital-acquired infections while testing AI capabilities in healthcare.

Legislators have done good work enforcing hospital price transparency, but quality comparison tools are still lacking, Alex Friswold, a medical student at Boston-based Harvard Medical School, and David Bernstein, MD, a resident at four Boston hospitals…

In South Central Pennsylvania, WellSpan Health treats a large population of Plain People, or Amish and Conservative Mennonites. To provide the best care for these communities, the York, Pa.-based system had to get creative. 

National rankings offer patients valuable insights into a health system’s care quality, outcomes and performance, helping them make informed choices. But to what extent do these ratings influence health systems’ strategies and conversations surrounding…