Veterans Administration Secretary General Shinseki resigned his position Friday after a meeting with the President, according to this Washington Post report, falling on his sword to eliminate distractions as the VA scrambles to fix widespread failures to provide...
CDC Dashboard Offers Good Visibility on Flu Trends
One of the themes we have been discussing over the past year is the role of analytics in healthcare to help improve quality, efficiency and outcomes. Visibility has long been lacking in the industry because of the scattered and disparate data, lack of standard...
Hospital Rankings Part Three…
This is the third in a series of posts concerning hospital rankings and comments on how we feel they could be more beneficial to patients while simultaneously reflecting a better view of reality. First, Do No Harm Without being overly nostalgic, we remember a time...
CMS Data Shows Huge Variability in Pricing by DRG
These interactive chart were created using the end of 2Q 2013 CMS Database.  The show the volume of procedures by category (DRG) and  State down to the hospital level. Moving through the tabs left to right, drill down on data by selecting state...
Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse
It is an unfortunate fact many of us will have to face; a time when supervised care of elderly parents and other relatives becomes necessary and a choice has to be made about where they should move to receive Long Term Care. As discussed in our Nursing Home Report...
US Healthcare Reform Will be Driven by Data
World Bank Health Statistics This is the interactive section; For the full analysis, go here Learn About Tableau
TJC Sentinel Event Statistics – is Katrina in there?
Sentinel Events Definition of a Sentinel Event according to The Joint Commission (TJC): “A sentinel event is an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk thereof. Serious...
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