Baylor hospital has lowest cardiac readmission rate in nation

Dallas Morning News by Jason Roberson | Jul. 10, 2009 (Special Report)

Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, in government data released Thursday, had the lowest readmission rate for heart patients in the country, a key quality indicator that says the facility did the job right the first time.

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the payer of government-provided health insurance, published hospital quality scores of more than 4,700 hospitals on its Web site, hospitalcompare .hhs.gov, with the goal of ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kristin Gorski - Jul 10, 2009 - 4:04 AM PDT
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Kristin Gorski
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 by Kristin Gorski - Jul. 10, 2009

A specific look at how one Texas hospital has managed its costs, and how the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services might use it as a model for reforming hospitals nationwide. Could be much more specific; seems to lack details which would make it more informative.

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Samuel W. Velsor IV
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 by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Jul. 11, 2009

This is important to bring to the forefront cases of above the average, places from which new regulations should be taken.

Outcomes such as this should be the norm not the exception.

For instance, our standardized heart failure treatment plan saves the hospital $1,800 for every heart failure admission," Convery said. “If that kind of ... More »

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