Articles by Paul Barr

A new survey from the Center for Healthcare Governance indicates boards could do more to prepare hospitals and health systems as they change.

Learning by doing is part of the app strategy behind the launch of HealtheConnect, an mHealth-focused store at Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center.

The baby boomers are in line to benefit from new technologies. Christopher Suhar, M.D., director of the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, describes a cardiac rehab technology that Scripps is testing, in a video report.

Don Berwick's run for governor taught him that health care savings could prevent social ills.

Health care officials discussed ways to advance equal care and methods to formalize the innovation process during the first day of this year's Institute for Healthcare Improvement forum.

Accreditation organization looks to bridge the gap between hospitals' work to meet accreditation requirements and efforts to improve patient safety and quality of care.

Hospitals are making progress in giving patient nutrition greater emphasis, but more can be done to limit the negative effects of malnutrition.

A coalition of 20 health care organizations launched with the goal of getting 10,000 nurses placed on corporate and nonprofit health-related boards by 2020.

Through the adoption of health care tools and technology, the baby boom generation has demanded innovation from mHealth to better-designed, assisted living models.

Patients are playing a big role in improving care at MedStar Health, says David Mayer, M.D., vice president of quality and safety, in a video interview.

Anne Arundel Medical Center is trying to improve care outside its doors by helping patients to get enrolled quickly in Medicaid.

Health care is moving closer to interoperable electronic health records.

Winning is nice, but the goal is improved quality and process improvement, say 2014 Baldrige quality award winners Hill Country Memorial and St. David's HealthCare.

New data will inform population health, but will take time to become useful.

New advanced computing systems, including IBM's Watson, are being tested to propel clinical learning to new levels.

This skill set is attractive to hospitals and health systems.

In other news, med practice operating costs rise and Illinois Leadership Academy launches.

A new report indicates that greater use of nonstandardized admissions criteria can better prepare health care students for the real world.

DNV GL, Joint Commission and National Quality Forum are tackling the issue of antibiotic overuse in different ways.

A report outlines consumers' future roles in the disruption of health care.