A “substantial opportunity for outcomes improvement in the U.S. healthcare system” exists, researchers concluded after finding mortality and patient safety differed greatly between top- and ...

Researchers suggest that the 178 “worst” hospitals (the lowest-quality, highest-cost institutions) and their patients may be the ones most at risk under the value-based purchasing system that could ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The Detroit Medical Center’s Detroit Receiving Hospital ...

The nation’s 178 “worst” hospitals — the lowest-quality, highest-cost institutions — care for more than twice the proportion of elderly minority and poor patients as the nation’s 122 “best” hospitals ...

Leapfrog studied Georgia's hospitals to determine the quality of their safety and healthcare. Several got an "A," one got a ...

Report finds that hospitals that do the most procedures have best outcomes. June 21, 2011— -- Hospitals that perform at least 375 weight loss operations a year have the best safety record for ...