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Big Business, Little Data

A growing number of Californians are being sent to ambulatory surgery centers for a wide variety of procedures, yet little is known about the care they deliver because reporting is not required.

And the Winner Is...

See how human-centered designers answered our challenge to encourage more people to complete advance directives and document their end-of-life wishes.

Ready or Not

Even with new federal resources to help, a study finds that communities with weaker safety-net systems are lagging in preparations for health reform.

Patient Safety

Friday, December 16, 2011

HHS To Distribute $218M for Hospital Quality Initiative

On Wednesday, HHS announced $218 million in funding to help hospitals identify and spread ideas to improve patient care and reduce hospital-acquired infections. The funding is part of the Partnership for Patients initiative, a $1 billion public-private collaboration that aims to reduce preventable injuries by 40% and cut hospital readmissions by 20% by 2013. The funding will go to 26 state, regional, national or hospital system organizations, including California-based Catholic Healthcare West. Funding for the program will come from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.



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