healthcare performance

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Scorecard Reveals Wide Disparities in Care Across the Country

Bernie Monegain | Healthcare IT News | March 14, 2012

Healthcare access, cost, quality and outcomes can vary greatly from one community to the next, both within states and across states, depending on the performance of the healthcare system available to residents, according to a new report from the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System. Read More »

Technology Helps Drive High Cost of U.S. Healthcare

Bernie Monegain | Healthcare IT News | May 3, 2012

Higher prices and greater use of technology appear to be the main factors driving the high rates of U.S. spending on healthcare, rather than greater use of physician and hospital services, according to a new study from the Commonwealth Fund. The study found the U.S. spends more on healthcare than 12 other industrialized countries, yet does not provide “notably superior” care. Read More »