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Hospitals save $8.6M by cutting infections
Michigan hospitals have collaborated on a variety of safety measures that have helped its membership save lives, as well as save at least $8.6 million over the past year, according to the Michigan
Readmissions continue to inch up at hospitals
Pennsylvania's hospitals readmitted 58,084 patients between October 1, 2008 and Sept. 30 2009, including 21,688 readmissions for complications or infections, according to data from the Pennsylvania
Costs for bariatric surgery decline
Here's a sign that bariatric surgery as a discipline is maturing: The average rate of post-surgical and other complications for patients undergoing bariatric surgery--and thus, the cost of their
Leapfrog displeased by low CPOE adoption rates
In the past, we've noted here that Leapfrog Group is taking CPOE very seriously . Now, the group has set out to find out whether anyone was listening. Apparently, not enough facilities have gotten the
Study: Health IT use lowers costs, improves outcomes
When clinicians use health IT systems, good things happen, according to the results of a new study. The study, which was funded by the Commonwealth Fund and published in the Archives of Internal
