Posted by: Stanley Quan on: June 18, 2010
Niagara Health Quality Coalition report released “Hospitals periodically develop an allergy to public reporting of the quality of their care and, their leaders being as human as the rest of us, who can blame them? Most people would run from that kind of scrutiny. The thing is, though, it works. Hospital care has continued to [...]
Posted by: Stanley Quan on: June 18, 2010
US News Pedatrics Rankings “If a hospital is among the best at caring for very sick adults, does that mean it’s a good place for seriously ill kids, too? Not necessarily. Treatments for children and adults with the same disease aren’t always the same, and tubes, needles, and dosages can’t simply be scaled down. The Best [...]
Posted by: Stanley Quan on: June 18, 2010
Leapfrog survey summary “A Wyoming business group pushing for more transparency in health care has asked 27 of the state’s hospitals to participate in a national performance survey. The Leapfrog survey will help employers and patients make better decisions about health care, said Anne Ladd, chief executive of the Wyoming Business Coalition on Health. The [...]
