How Will Hospitals Be Affected by Health Care Reform?
July 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Policy briefs examine what health heform means for hospitals.
Hospitals and Hospital Systems
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General Hospitals, Specialty Hospitals and Financially Vulnerable Patients
April 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
This study examines the impact of specialty hospitals--cardiac, surgical and orthopedic--on the ability of general and safety-net hospitals to care for financially vulnerable patients in Indianapolis, Little Rock and Phoenix.
How Has Hospital Consolidation Affected the Price and Quality of Hospital Care?
February 1, 2006 | Issue Brief
During the 1990s, the hospital industry was transformed by mergers and acquisitions. This synthesis looks at why this rapid consolidation occurred and what impact it had on the price and quality for patients, and the cost of care for hospitals.
The Financial Benefit to Hospitals from State Expansion of Medicaid
March 19, 2013 | Issue Brief
This report looks at whether hospitals stand to gain more revenue under the ACA's Medicaid expansion compared with if no states expand Medicaid eligibility.
Closing the Gap
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This issue brief presents findings collected over 18 months from eight hospitals that participated in a "learning collaborative" to test strategies, quantify results and share lessons learned.
The Sounds of Quality
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This issue brief presents the findings of nine hospitals who participated in AF4Q's Language Quality Improvement Collaborative to develop new strategies, quantify results and share lessons learned.
Key Findings from HSC's 2010 Site Visits
May 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
The findings come from a series of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded site visits HSC conducted in 12 nationally representative metropolitan communities in 2010.
Spreading Innovations in Health Care
November 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) is a multiphase, national initiative to improve the work environment on hospital medical-surgical units, and thereby increase the quality of patient care and nurse engagement. This brief discusses the successful spread of TCAB innovations across diverse units and hospitals.
The Emerging Federal Framework
January 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This brief provides historical background on federal hospital community benefit policy outlines the new requirements described in the Affordable Care Act, and identifies new challenges and opportunities for state and federal decision-makers as they begin to develop responses to the new federal requirements.
Importance of Language Services
June 4, 2008 | Issue Brief
While quality for all patients needs to improve, research shows that patients of different ethnicities may receive different levels of care.