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Hospital performance on trio of medical conditions may predict quality of broader hospital care
How well a hospital performs on three major publicly reported conditions—heart attack, congestive heart failure, and pneumonia—may prove a useful tool in signaling overall hospital mortality rates, according to a new Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) study.…
Rising death rates at rural hospitals suggest need for improvements
Death rates are rising at rural hospitals that serve many poor and elderly people—and the reason may be their inability to provide the most up-to-date treatment, according to a new Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) study. Given…
Pregnant women’s likelihood of cesarean delivery in Massachusetts linked to choice of hospitals
For immediate release: March 19, 2013 Boston, MA – There is wide variation in the rate of cesarean sections performed at different hospitals across the U.S. and one explanation has been that hospitals with higher c-section rates serve…
Surgical safety checklist, paired with training, lowers complications after high-risk operations
February 7, 2013 -- Research has shown that using a checklist in operating rooms makes surgery safer and more successful. Now, a new study co-authored by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) student and surgeon Scott Ellner found…
Debating hospital readmissions penalties and ‘pay for performance’
A federal policy that penalizes hospitals where patients are more often rehospitalized within 30 days of being discharged unfairly targets hospitals that care for the greatest numbers of poor patients, say two Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)…
Checklists in operating rooms improve performance during crises
Teams using checklists were 74 percent less likely to miss key life-saving steps in care during emergency situations than those working from memory alone. For immediate release: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Boston, MA — In an airplane crisis—an engine…
Why are Massachusetts hospitals doing fewer angioplasties on heart attack patients?
Article on Boston.com featuring HSPH’s Karen Joynt, October 10, 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…
Survival of safety-net hospitals at risk
Coverage on HealthCanal.com of study co-authored by HSPH's Nancy Kane and Sara Singer, September 20, 2012
Technology to play a bigger role in hospital care
Coverage in Los Angeles Times featuring HSPH's Ashish Jha, September 13, 2012