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Algorithm compiles misleading readmissions information
As readmission rates are increasingly used to measure quality at hospitals, methods for determining those rates will come under increasing scrutiny. But the numbers are not always accurate, some say.
Health privacy issues can be resolved without obstructing care
At times, it seems like concerns about the security and privacy of healthcare data have catapulted into overdrive: For instance, it recently was predicted that healthcare spending on security would
Predictive technology helps to identify heart failure patients
New predictive modeling technology could help hospitals improve care and lower costs by identifying high-risk congestive heart failure (CHF) patients before they are admitted. Developed by healthcare
Researchers create interactive tool to predict likelihood of death
Researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have identified 16 prognostic scales that can be used to estimate the life expectancy of older adults with a fair degree of accuracy.
UCSF faces fundraising challenges
Reflecting the tough healthcare philanthropy environment, the University of California San Francisco has fallen short of fundraising for a soon-to-open medical building and has to raise nearly $300
Med schools, Cedars-Sinai test wireless monitoring to reduce readmissions
Five University of California medical schools plus Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles will study how wireless technologies and telephone care management can reduce the number of hospital
It's time to care about diagnostic errors, and EMRs can help
Did you happen to catch the item in FierceHealthcare on Tuesday about diagnostic errors in medicine? "Diagnostic errors are the outcasts of the patient safety movement. Patient safety advocates have
Health systems embracing single sign-on while still working out the bugs
Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill, Pa., has greatly streamlined the process of logging on to its Eclipsys EMR by implementing biometric technology for single-sign-on access. "SSO definitely saves
Federal panel wants national reporting on EMR software, data errors
The Adoption/Certification Workgroup of the federal Health IT Policy Committee wants to require hospitals and physicians to report "hazards and near-misses" as a result of software malfunctions,
U of California approves $3.1M in incentives to senior managers
Things may be tough in the hospital finance world, but that hasn't stopped the University of California's Board of Regents from handing out millions in incentive pay to managers who met 2009
