Readmission rates in not-for-profit vs. proprietary hospitals before and after the hospital readmission reduction program implementation [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2018 Background The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act established the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) to penalize hospitals with excessive 30-day hospital readmissions of Medicare enrollees for specific conditions. This policy was aimed
Lauren E. Birmingham, Willie H. Oglesby
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Rural Hospital Mergers Increased Between 2005 and 2016—What Did Those Hospitals Look Like?
Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2020 The objective of this study is to determine whether key hospital-level financial and market characteristics are associated with whether rural hospitals merge.
Dunc Williams PhD +4 more
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The problem of the incidence of falls in hospitals in Poland in the opinion of physiotherapists
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023 Introduction: An unintentional fall is an event whereby a person inadvertently comes to rest on the ground or floor for reasons other than a violent impact, loss of consciousness, or the sudden onset of paralysis that can occur during a stroke or ...
Marcin Mikos +3 more
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Enhancing bone metastasis CT report analysis: a comparison of local and proprietary large language models for privacy and resource efficiency [PDF]
BMC Health Services ResearchBackground Computed tomography (CT) reports for patients with bone metastases include key clinical details, but they are usually written as free text.
Zhuo Li +8 more
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Creating an attractive workplace for current and potential hospital employees [PDF]
Problems and Perspectives in Management, 2021 The health service of EU member states facing numerous challenges. Hospitals have a catastrophic shortage of medical personnel; meanwhile, the demand for medical services caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus is increasing.
Nadia Maczuga
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Hospital Board of Directors’ Composition and Financial Performance: Empirical Evidence from Taiwan
Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2021 The board of directors of a nonprofit proprietary hospital is responsible for supervising and managing major operational matters and reviewing operational results.
Kuan-Chen Chen PhD +2 more
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Sensors, 2022 The whole world is currently focused on COVID-19, which causes considerable economic and social damage. The disease is spreading rapidly through the population, and the effort to stop the spread is entirely still failing.
Erik Vavrinsky +9 more
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Proprietary Model of Qualification for In-Hospital Rehabilitation after COVID-19 [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 Background: Since the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Poland, 6,128,006 people have been diagnosed, of which 116,798 died. Patients who recovered from COVID-19 and require rehabilitation due to varied impairments should be provided an opportunity to participate in an individualized, complex rehabilitation program starting from acute care and ...
Jan Szczegielniak +3 more
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Vendor of choice and the effectiveness of policies to promote health information exchange
BMC Health Services Research, 2018 Background As more hospitals adopt Electronic Health Records (EHR), focus has shifted to how these records can be used to improve patient care. One barrier to this improvement is limited information exchange between providers. In this work we examine the
Anabel F. Castillo +2 more
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Medična Informatika ta Inženerìâ, 2013 Wide implementation of information and communication technologies combined with organizational changes in medical education will significantly increase the effectiveness and quality of medical care and education.
A. V. Semenets
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