CMS has proposed new quality metrics, but healthcare providers are raising doubts about the measures....

A new Hastings Center report is critical of the patient satisfaction surveys used by CMS to assess healthcare providers....

A new study found that return visits to the emergency department (ED) have doubled and are more costly than initial ED visits. ...

Mass General researchers reveal the importance of social media presence and its impact on quality care and patient safety initiatives...

The 2014 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities report, released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in April, found that access to and quality of healthcare have improved over th...

When CMS shared the findings of the 2015 Physician Quality Reporting System, it also published a report on the CMS Physician Quality Reporting Programs Strategic Vision....

Although patient safety data has played a larger role in dictating hospital and state initiatives, sometimes statistics are only one piece of the puzzle....

Adverse drug events (ADE) make up an overwhelming number of healthcare-acquired conditions (HAC), but prevention efforts are often overshadowed by more pressing and more regulated needs surrounding ...

The CMS says more than 400,000 providers accepted pay cuts instead of participate in the federal physician-quality reporting system and electronic prescribing incentive programs. ...

Two studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) indicate that improvements in surgical care are not dependent on tracking surgical complications....