New research also offers insights regarding the value of patient satisfaction as a quality indicator and the impact that context has on improving care.
(Daily Report) Apr 18
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the country.
(Daily Report) Apr 18
This week's articles come from The New Yorker, The New York Times, Time, The New York World, Slate and NewsHour.
(Daily Report) Apr 18
Check out what's new on KHN's blog, Capsules.
(Daily Report) Apr 18
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports from Capitol Hill about one Democratic senator's poor reviews of the Obama administration's progress in implementing the health law.
(Daily Report) Apr 18
You may have found your doctor to be a great communicator, your hospital room clean and quiet and your pain well controlled. Yet a study finds these opinions are not barometers of whether your hospital’s surgical care is any good.
(Daily Report) Apr 17
The annual conference, part of the media and innovation company TED, is being held this week at Washington’s Kennedy Center, and it features a range of speakers meant to stir imaginative solutions and conversations around health care.
(Daily Report) Apr 17
The study, which was published Tuesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association, found that hospitals earned 330 percent higher profit margins on surgeries with one or more complications, because private insurers pay them for longer stays and extra care.
(Daily Report) Apr 17
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the country.
(Daily Report) Apr 17
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the country.
(Daily Report) Apr 16