Healthgrades study: New hospital ratings show wide 'quality chasm'
...se our findings support that we're not making much headway in closing the 'quality chasm' between the best and worst hospitals. If all hospitals performed as well as the highest rated hospitals, more than a quarter million lives would have been saved over the past three years." Overall mortality rates improv...Patient view of asthma as a temporary health problem negatively impacts control of disease
...individual beliefs and behaviors if we are to make headway in improving outcomes for our patients and reducing costs to the system."...Technique speeds up detecting, treating wound bacteria
...ity to get good funding so that we could make some headway in this important area." Finegold's study is a four-year project, and his team is awaiting approvals to test the real-time PCR detection method on actual patients. As his work progresses, he hopes to publish early results that may be put to use in b...Law professor finds home health-care workers have few legal protections
...r the interests of the workers. If we are to make headway in this area, we need to appreciate the connection between treating workers with respect and improving the quality of the service that they provide." Smith has little expectation that Congress or the legal system will change that atmosphere. Instead...