Healthcare Entries

In most recent Gallup Poll results August 2022, more people were very or somewhat negative on the healthcare industry, than were very or somewhat positive; (47% negative vs. 40% positive.)  This [...]

CNA Abuse List. In North Dakota publishes a list of CNAs (nursing assistants) that may pose a caregiving threat to you or your loved ones. You can check to see if a certified nurse aide has been [...]

The Joint Commission (an accrediting body formerly called JCAHO) has adopted national patient safety goals for 2023. Goals apply to Ambulatory Care and Office-Based Surgery, Behavioral Health [...]

The AIM DocFinder website lists physician license lookup data for 16 states: AL, AK, FL, GA, KS, KY, ME, MD, MN, NM, NC, ND, OK, OR, TX and WY.  Many states have separate medical boards for MDs [...]

NCQA ratings and report card for 2022 on health insurance plans. Compare quality ratings for HMOs and PPO health insurance plans. Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Cigna, Humana, Kaiser, United [...]

State-by-state obesity rates for adults from 2019 to 2021. CDC collected self-reported prevalence data shown in the maps through CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Obesity [...]

U.S. News 2022-2023 list of best nursing homes use federal government CMS star ratings and quality measures from the CMS data of July 2022. Just over 2,400 nursing homes gained High Performing [...]

Annual Report of Chronic Kidney Disease and End-Stage Renal Disease 2022. The information is fairly technical, with statistics (e.g. mortality) for CKD and ESRD. The charts are online. The 2022 [...]

Read reports of the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, now renamed National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study (NPALS). Surprising report on residential care residents, a majority of [...]

New list shows 78 hospitals that achieved “meritorious” outcomes for surgical patient care in 2021. They were selected from over 600 hospitals participating in the ACS (American [...]