What Do Rankings Mean for Patient Safety?

Just as it has every year for the last 26 years, U.S. News & World Report recently released its hospital rankings for 2016-2017. This year, the organization named Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, the best hospital in the country.

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Exploring Post-Discharge Spaces Designed to Eliminate Gaps in Care

At the end of a hospital stay, many patients find themselves overwhelmed by their experience as well as the often lengthy care directions they’ve been given. Others might find themselves pushed into another care place, one that may not have the resources or focus to holistically address their problems. Too often patients find themselves released from the hospital, only to wind up back in that hospital bed within the 30-day readmission window—a metric closely watched by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and hospitals everywhere.

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Savviest ACOs Leverage Health Plan Resources

More than ever before, physicians and health plans have compelling reasons to work together to achieve the Triple Aim, which means improving consumers’ health outcomes, their experience of care, and the costs associated with that care. In the years since the Affordable Care Act was enacted, value-based care models that more closely align providers and health plans with the shared goals of improving healthcare quality and cost have gained traction.

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