In an age of increased integration between physicians and hospitals, regulators should continue to scrutinize proposed hospital mergers and take steps to maintain competition, according to a new paper by experts at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. “Weighing the Effects of Vertical Integration Versus Market Concentration on Hospital Quality” was co-authored by Marah…
Seven years after the introduction of flat-rate payments at Swiss hospitals; a major study has revealed a slight increase in readmission rates. Researchers from the University of Basel and the cantonal hospital of Aarau; reported the findings in the journal JAMA Network Open. In January 2012, a flat-rate payment structure for inpatient hospital services was introducing…
For the 36 million Americans hospitalized each year, adequate nutrition plays a critical role in their health and recovery. Yet research from nutrition Day in the U.S., in collaboration with Abbott; shows malnutrition is still an unaddressed and widespread problem in hospitals. The study, published in The Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition; is the most robust…
Senators railed against pharmaceutical executives Tuesday for declining to testify before Congress; about out-of-control drug prices, as lawmakers on both sides of the U.S. Capitol kicked off investigations sure to rattle one of the nation’s most powerful industries. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the Republican chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, signaled he could…
Increase in hospitalization rates lasted more than a month; higher among older black population compared to older white population. Natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornados, and hurricanes; are generally described in terms of wind speed, land area, and inches of rain. They are also described in terms of human costs, such as the number of…
The hospital doctors around the world often struggle to become those health centaurs, half professionals and half managers, that modern healthcare organizations need. The main responsibility is not their resistance to change. But the lack of effective support from the organization, according to a study by Marco Sartirana (CERGAS, Bocconi University), Graeme Currie (Warwick Business…
Night shift among the hospital staffs leads to tiredness and fatigue. Researchers conducted a new study which may help the staffs to manage their problems and improve their health. The Health Foundation has awarded £56,000 to Northumbria University, Newcastle and the Newcastle. The foundation has also awarded Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was to find…
Hospital readmissions of patients within six months of suffering a firearm injury cost taxpayers, private insurers and uninsured families an average of $86 million a year from 2010 through 2015, according to new estimates from Stanford University School of Medicine researchers.
A new British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study illustrates the benefits of having clinical pharmacists follow up, by telephone, with patients at risk of having medication-related issues after hospital discharge. The aim is to help patients manage their medications effectively.
Adoption of advanced health information technology (HIT) capabilities is inconsistent across health care systems, with electronic health record (EHR) standardization being the strongest predictor of advanced capabilities, according to a study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Managed Care.
The anxiety of being black, female and at the mercy of the U.S. healthcare system first hit Tina Sacks when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Bette Parks Sacks, then in her 50s, intuitively knew something was wrong but, like many African American women, was afraid her doctor would give her the brush-off.
New research indicates that cancer survivors carry greater financial burdens related to medical debt payments and bills compared with individuals without a cancer history, with the greatest hardships in younger survivors.