NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

As healthcare premiums continue their relentless climb, employers face a familiar and frustrating cycle: enhance benefits to attract and retain talent, or scale them back to control costs. This ...

For many years, the American health care system has followed a simple model: Pay providers for the services they deliver. This fee-for-service model, still used today, pays providers based on the ...

Mounting financial pressures, workforce shortages, and rising patient demand are pushing health systems to rethink how they deliver care. The traditional hospital-centered model is giving way to ...

As a teenager with a new driver’s license, I dreaded driving with my father. The imaginary brakes from the passenger seat and the white-knuckled grip on the door handle made me more anxious, not more ...

A decade’s worth of public data from hospitals in Madrid suggests that value-based hospital outsourcing is associated with improved clinical outcomes, greater efficiency, and increased patient ...

On July 9, 2025, experts from across Providence Health & Services gathered in Garden Grove, California, for in-depth discussions on patient-centered care for chronic ...

The effective participation in health information exchanges requires a focus on data governance, interoperability and ...