Taubman Health Sciences Library Blog- Blog Retired
- Global Innovation – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 20, 2014)
- Local Innovation & #MCubed – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 13, 2014)
- Open Access Journal on Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology
- National Medical Librarians Month 2014
- Suicide Prevention & Trauma on Social Media – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 6, 2014)
- Radiation Oncology Journal Club (#RadOnc) – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 29, 2014)
- From the National Library of Medicine: Roosevelt at NIH
- Patients on the Right TEDMED Questions – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 22, 2014)
- TEDMED on Patient Engagement – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 15, 2014)
Tag Archives: hospitals
“Managing Health Care in China and Taiwan”
The School of Public Health is presenting a lecture by Victor H.C. Chang, M.D., M.B.A., Chief Executive Officer, Landseed International Medical, Shanghai, China, and Taoyuan, Taiwan. The Landseed International Medical group owns four hospitals in Taiwan. Since 2001 Landseed has … Continue reading
Supplies and devices are biggest cause of hospital cost increases
From the AHRQ Newsletter: Medical supplies and devices represented nearly one-fourth (24.2 percent) of rising hospital costs between 2001 and 2006, according to a new AHRQ-funded study. Among all types of hospital stays, the cost percentage impact for supplies and … Continue reading
AHRQ Quality Indicators™ toolkit for hospitals
The AHRQ Quality Indicators™ Toolkit for Hospitals is a free set of tools designed to support hospitals in assessing and improving the quality and safety of care they provide: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qitoolkit. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Quality Indicators (QIs) … Continue reading
Health insurance, health costs–Who pays what & why
Two interesting stories in the New York Times. “Insurers Alter Cost Formula, and Patients Pay More” discusses how the settlement of a case against health insureres in New York State has led to greater, not lesser costs to patients. Despite … Continue reading
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