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An effort by the New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery to increase completion rates of patient outcome surveys resulted in shortened surveys for hip and knee replacement patients without compromising the quality of the results.

Plus, a return policy for unhappy patients; SNL spoofs opioids; CMS delays hospital "star ratings" in this week's health care roundup.

Given public pressure to reduce spending, health provider initiatives to bundle payments are relatively attractive as a defensive strategy.

Plus, the South struggles with heart disease; a bra that detects cancer, and more health care news from this week.

Hospitals struggle to keep up with drug hikes; superbugs are found on patient hands, and more news in health care this week.

Resources include everything from a proper prescribing checklist to facts on some of the alternative treatments for chronic pain.

With Campaign 2016 , the American Hospital Association is making sure the concerns of patients and America's hospitals are heard.

Burwell drops announcement of cross-industry information-sharing pact during opening keynote at nation's biggest health care technology conference.

As hospitals work more closely with physicians, they will need more collaborative resources. To this end, the AHA is partnering with the AMA to develop an educational fellowship.