December 15, 2015 Health Care Research Can Be Patient-Centric Too When we think about the health care research process, we usually think about scientists and other research-related professionals. PCORI is changing that dynamic. PCORI was created in 2010, through the Affordable Care Act, “to improve the quality and relevance of evidence available to help patients, caregivers, clinicians, employers, insurers, and policy-makers to make informed health decisions”.
May 14, 2015 Jobs That Pay Off in More Ways Than One Pennsylvania hospitals are proud of the part they play in providing “#JobsThatPay,” to borrow Governor Wolf’s apt phrase (and hashtag) and important goal.
April 16, 2015 Understanding Hospital Ratings: Consider the Source The federal government has just started using stars (five being the best) to rate patients’ experience of their hospital care.
April 02, 2015 Why More Health Coverage Does Not Necessarily Mean Less Uncompensated Care Many Americans have trouble paying deductibles less formidable than those offered by the marketplace’s popular silver plans. As a result, many Americans who finally have health coverage are nevertheless in for sticker shock if they get sick.
August 15, 2014 Brave Hospitals HAP recently stepped out of its comfort zone, and took a journey in to unchartered territory when we adopted our new strategic plan. The plan is different, bold, and I believe, brave as well.
May 09, 2014 Keys to Successful Hospital-Community Health Center Partnerships The new world of health care into which we have all been thrust is forcing providers across the continuum to learn how to better work with one another. The incentives aren’t yet totally aligned, but are moving in the right direction. Hospitals and community health centers, both critical resources in the community, need to move in the right direction as well.