article found that a minority of U.S. hospitals, 10.7 percent, exchange clinical data electronically with unaffiliated …

€œmeaningful use.†Through an analysis of Medicare data, the study found a substantial increase in the percentage of hospitals …-access, smaller, and publicly owned or nonprofit hospitals appeared to be at risk of failing to meet the criteria. …

This article found that more than 15 percent of U.S. hospitals have adopted at least a basic electronic health record …, hospitals will have to accelerate adoption of EHRs above the current pace to participate in meaningful use. …

about quality to help them make better choices. Hospital Compare, a central component of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid … Services Hospital Quality Initiative, is an unprecedented national effort to provide meaningful, relevant, and easily … understood public information about hospital quality. This publication, based on our survey of hospital chief executive officers …

context, managed care plan market, and hospital market—appear to explain why hospitals' leverage increased, particularly …Findings suggest that many hospitals' negotiating leverage significantly increased after years of decline. Today, many … hospitals are viewed as having the greatest leverage in local markets. Changes in three areas—the policy and purchasing …