Research conducted by The Joint Commission suggests consumers can effectively understand publicly reported data on hospital performance and quality, despite previous research that concluded otherwise.

Multisector collaboration is critical for improving population health. Improving alignment between nonprofit hospitals and local health departments is one promising approach to achieving health ...

To ensure that limited state resources and federal Rural Health Transformation Fund dollars are distributed to hospitals fairly and effectively, policy makers should have timely, accurate, ...

While patients have always been hospitals’ consumers, provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act paired with increased availability of provider data, ratings and reviews has left the ...

This study leverages newly available hospital pricing data to explore hospital-insurer contracts from a large hospital chain. Objectives: To use publicly available price transparency data files to ...

Behind every well-functioning healthcare facility lies a carefully planned green hospital budget. It may not be as visible as the work happening in operating rooms or patient wards, but the budget ...

For decades, hospitals and health systems have invested heavily in brand advertising. Gleaming facilities, award logos, compassionate clinicians, and patient testimonials dominate marketing campaigns.

Real-world cross-validation of insurer and hospital price transparency data finds low overlap but high concordance between data sources. Given recent congressional interest in codifying price ...