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HRET president Maulik Joshi discusses a new HRET report on collecting patient data and using it to reduce disparities.

Advanced planning will ensure that patient care will not be disrupted

Training isn't enough. Most Wired hospitals learn that getting nurses involved in digital decisions early leads to success

April 2011 Web Extras

This is the simple story of when the Federal Trade Commission decided to focus its massive enforcement resources on a small cooperative of hospitals and physician clinics in rural southwestern Minnesota.

How patients, physicians perceive the care continuum is a key to ACO formation

For decades, would-be designers have been befuddled by the challenge of producing a gown that is functional, inexpensive and, most importantly, relatively dignified.

Last November, the American Hospital Association's board of trustees approved initiatives to help hospitals make significant improvements in patient safety by 2013.

Surescripts, the American Hospital Association and the College of American Pathologists have been awarded a grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to connect hospital laboratories with public health agencies electronically to transmit data on reportable laboratory results

Hospitals must get much more involved with post-discharge facilities to reduce readmissions and build a solid continuum of care