Why are Massachusetts hospitals doing fewer angioplasties on heart attack patients?
Article on Boston.com featuring HSPH’s Karen Joynt, October 10, 2012
Fewer heart stents in U.S. states reporting outcomes
Article in the Los Angeles Times featuring HSPH’s Karen Joynt, October 9, 2012
Heart attack patients in states with public reporting less likely to receive angioplasty
For immediate release: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 Boston, MA — Patients entering hospitals with heart attacks in states with mandatory public reporting are less likely to receive angioplasties to fix heart blockages than patients in states without public…
Federal payment changes may harm hospitals serving poor
Hospitals that treat mostly poor and uninsured patients generally perform slightly worse than others when patients rate their hospital experiences, according to a study led by Harvard School of Public Health researchers. The lower patient ratings could negatively…
Patients at small, isolated, rural hospitals in U.S. more likely to receive lower quality of care compared with other hospitals
For immediate release: July 5, 2011 In the first national study to examine care at critical access hospitals (CAHs) in rural areas of the U.S., Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that CAHs have fewer clinical…
Study finds Blacks more likely to be readmitted to hospitals after discharge
For immediate release: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Boston, MA – Elderly black patients were more likely to be readmitted to the hospital after a prior hospital stay for a heart attack, heart failure, or pneumonia, according to a…
Hospitals treating high number of heart failure patients see better outcomes than low-volume hospitals, but at higher cost for care
A new study co-authored by HSPH research fellow Karen Joynt found that hospitals treating a high number of patients suffering from heart failure—the most common cause of hospitalization for those over 65—save about 20,000 of these patients every…