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Audio Podcast Series - Healthcare 411 - Lead Story: High Quality Health Care
AUDIO PODCAST:  Newscast
Wednesday, December 05, 2007 9:00 PM
Lead Story: High Quality Health Care

Program Description:

This audio program features current news and information from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Advice on getting the services that give you the best results.

  • News and Numbers this week finds new AHRQ data for HIV-related hospitalizations are on the decline for younger Americans, but on the rise older people with HIV;
  • An AHRQ report recommends that community call centers should play a bigger role in emergency response;
  • A new DVD explains why designing and building hospitals for safety and quality is better not only for the patients but also for the hospital’s bottom-line;
  • Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Director of AHRQ, talks about how to spot high quality health care in this week’s segment of Navigating the Health Care System.

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Duration: 08:46 (MM:SS)     File Size: 8.04 MB
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