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New patient-centered vision emerging in U.S. primary care
“Primary care may just be the most exciting place to be in medicine in the near future,” HSPH Professor John McDonough writes in his latest Health Stew blog post, published September 12, 2012 on Boston.com. New models for…
With profits down, future of Mass. hospitals questioned
Coverage on Boston.com featuring HSPH's Nancy Kane, September 8, 2012
Impact of hospital rankings eyed
Following the release of U.S. News & World Report’s annual 2012-2013 hospital rankings, Ashish Jha, C. Boyden Gray Associate Professor at HSPH, discussed the significance of the rankings for consumers in a July 17, 2012 interview on WBUR…
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…
Hospitals now receiving letter grades for patient safety
Hospitals across the nation are now receiving letter grades—A, B, C, D, or F—for patient safety. The new initiative comes from The Leapfrog Group, a health quality nonprofit, which drew on expertise from a blue ribbon panel including…
Poll: Many sick Americans experience significant financial problems and report their care is not well-managed
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, NPR and Harvard School of Public Health poll measures Americans’ views on costs and quality of medical care For immediate release: Monday, May 21, 2012 Poll Results Read summary. Read topline. View charts. Boston, MA…
With no insurance, ‘permanent’ patients linger in hospitals
Many thousands of patients in the U.S. who lack health insurance but who need long-term care wind up lingering in hospitals for many weeks, months, or even years because the current health care system doesn’t offer workable solutions…
Study: Higher hospital admissions equal higher readmissions
Coverage in USA Today, December 15, 2011, of study by HSPH's Arnold Epstein
Overall hospital admission rates in U.S. linked with high rates of readmission
Current Focus on Improving Transitional Care for Patients to Reduce Readmission Rates May Be Failing to Address Large Part of Problem For immediate release: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Boston, MA — High hospital readmission rates in different regions…
Worst hospitals treat twice as many elderly minority and poor patients as best hospitals
According to a new study led by HSPH’s Ashish Jha, the nation’s 178 so-called “worst” hospitals—the lowest-quality, highest-cost institutions—care for more than twice the proportion of elderly minority and poor patients as the nation’s 122 “best” hospitals, where…