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Avoiding Overuse: Coronary Stents
How professional inertia harms patients and wastes billions of dollars
America’s Most Racially Inclusive Hospitals
Socially responsible hospitals serve everyone in their communities.
2023 Social Responsibility Rankings
Which of America’s hospitals performed the best this year?
2023 Fair Share Spending
Are America’s nonprofit hospitals earning their tax breaks?
Pay Equity
How much should we pay nonprofit hospital CEOs? What are we rewarding them for — and what metrics could we base their salaries on instead?
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WATCH: Hospitals reveal key challenges to achieving equity, and how they’re overcoming them
Bringing together Dr. Vikas Saini (the Lown Institute), Dr. Katherine Peeler (Boston Children’s Hospital), Dr. Omar Lateef (RUSH University Medical Center), and Dr. Thea James (Boston Medical Center), the discussion focused on the role of hospitals in addressing problems like moral stress and burnout and how a commitment to equity fits into their resolution. Watch the video of the event and read some of the highlights from the discussion. More
How can we fix physician shortages in rural America?
The nation is facing a physician shortage, particularly in rural areas. What can we do about it? More
A win for high-value care: CMS approves new measure of CT radiation quality
This new measure of radiation quality sheds light on an important potential harm of imaging overuse. Here’s what it means for the future of provider accountability and patient safety. More