The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. I read an article in The Gazette regarding legislation on water quality ('Quick action expected on water ...

Young people in Groundwork Ohio River Valley's Green Team participate in a 'build a monitor' workshop. A program in Greater Cincinnati is teaching people to monitor and combat air pollution in their ...

The imaging appropriate use criteria program should be combined with existing CMS quality programs. This would recognize the recent proliferation of programs and metrics intended to promote ...

Clinical quality measures implemented into federal quality programs are vetted by organizations such as CMS’s consensus-based entity by applying a set of criteria against individual measures to assess ...

The quality-measurement movement began more than 20 years ago and has resulted in transparent quality-performance information, accountability, and improvements. At the same time, proliferation of ...

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Voluntary Improvement Program (VIP) has become the first Case for Quality program recognized by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) through ...

The UAB Department of Health Services Administration Graduate Program in Healthcare Quality and Safety has received accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management in ...

Whether we will pay now or pay more later is being debated in our Statehouse. An amendment to the Senate version of Ohio's two-year budget pushed by Senate President Matt Huffman would remove the Step ...

Medicare Advantage's quality bonus program has had no observable difference in plan quality despite costly federal investments, a new study suggests, bolstering calls from some stakeholders to ...

Measures of quality can include assessing structural components of a health care delivery system, processes of care, or outcomes of care. 1 To appreciate the impact of quality programs on cancer care, ...

While the goal of 1 million acres was reached about a year later than hoped, it's a milestone that's been building for nearly 10 years. Joan Heim-Welch points to one of the many sections of her ...