Fact File: Inpatient Trends (01/19/2010)
The January HealthLeaders Fact File features data on inpatient trends.

Fact File: Gastroenterology Trends (12/17/2009)
The December HealthLeaders Fact File examines trends in gastroenterology.

Reimbursement Trends Raise Issues of Concern to Hospitals (12/7/2009)
This November Data Trends column from hfm magazine examines hospital reimbursement trends

Fact File: Healthcare Reform (11/24/2009)
The November HealthLeaders Fact File examines PULSE survey results on Americans' reactions to healthcare reform.

Fact File: Financial Trends (10/14/2009)
The October HealthLeaders Fact File examines hospital financial trends through the first quarter of 2009.

Fact File: Planning for Profitability (9/14/2009)
The September HealthLeaders Fact File examines hospital profitability and revenue generation.

Fact File: Wellness (8/14/2009)
This HealthLeaders Fact File features data on wellness trends, including weight by gender, age, income, and education. 

Fact File: Cancer Trends (7/20/09)
This HealthLeaders Fact File features data on Cancer Trends, including payment data and prevalence by region and gender.

Fact File: Inflation and Expense Trends (6/15/09)
This HealthLeaders Fact File Featuring data on the composition of expense lgrowth, historical trends, and labor and non-labor expenses.

Refined Processes Reduce Costs in Respiratory Therapy (6/1/2009)
Healthcare Cost Containment, an HFMA newsletter, featured a case study on University Hospital in Augusta, Ga

Fact File: General Surgery (5/1/2009)
The May 2009 HealthLeaders Fact File on "General Surgery" features data on the top five procedures, declining Medicare payments, payments by procedure setting, and the growth of laparoscopic procedures.

Strategies for Reducing Costs in Cardiology (4/30/2009)
Healthcare Cost Containment, an HFMA newsletter, featured a case study on Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon, Ga.

Fact File: Revenue vs. Costs (4/16/2009)
This HealthLeaders' Fact File features data on hospital revenue compared to costs, including patient revenues, expenses, costs by condition, and the cost of circulatory conditions.

100 Top Hospitals: A Repeat Performance (3/30/2009)
Read about the 100 Top Hospitals National Benchmarks study in Modern Healthcare. Registration required.

Fact File: Women's Health (3/17/2009)
This HealthLeaders' Fact File features data on Women's Health, including data on obstetrics and cardiovascular care.

Decline of Hospital Margins May Impair Hospitals' Ability to Obtain Capital (2/25/2009)

Using Benchmarking to Control Supply Chain and Operations Cost (2/25/2009)

Fact File: Intensive Care (2/19/2009)
This HealthLeaders' Fact File features data on intensive care, including physician activity profile, discharge trends, procedure growth and service lines in the intensive care unit.

Fact File: Medical Travel (1/20/2009)
This HealthLeaders' Fact File features data on medical travel, including the top clinical services received by medical travelers and the number of discharges versus charges.

Fact File: Patient Satisfaction (12/16/2008)
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File highlights patient satisfaction with physicians, medical staff, and facilities by health plan, region, etc.

Outpatient Revenue Percentage of Net Patient Revenue Depends on Hospital Size (12/4/2008)

Fact File: Wellness Programs (11/18/2008)
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features data on wellness programs.

Collaborative Data Sharing Saves $5 Million in Expenses for One Provider (10/27/2008)

Fact File: Present-on-Admission Indicators (10/16/2008)
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features data on present-on-admission indicators.

California hospital selects Thomson Reuters service to ID high-risk patients (10/2/2008)
Healthimaging.com featured an article on Mercy Merced Medical Center’s use of Clinical Xpert CareFocus.

Fact File: Consumer-Directed Health Plans (9/16/2008)
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features data on Consumer-Directed Health Plans.

Study Examines Effect of Economy on Patient Accounts (9/2/2008)

Supply Chain Benchmarking (9/2/2008)

The Relationship Between Reimbursement and Profitability (9/2/2008)

Fact File: Doctors Diagnose Healthcare (8/18/2008)
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features data from a survey of physicians on their attitudes about their jobs and the healthcare industry.

Fact File: Physician Staffing (7/17/2008)
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features data on physician staffing.

Fact File: Hospital Profitability (6/17/2008)
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features data on hospital profitability.

Fact File: Pediatric Obesity (5/20/2008)
This HealthLeader’s Fact File features data from Thomson Reuters and the Child Health Corporation of America on pediatric obesity.

Does Income Determine HSA/FSA Usage? (5/15/2008)

The Commoditization of Healthcare: Effects of Competition on Reimbursement Rates (5/8/2008)

Measuring Departmental Labor Productivity (4/9/2008)

The Nursing Information Technology Innovation Award (4/1/2008)

Fact File: Service Line Performance (3/19/2008)
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features Thomson Healthcare data on service line performance.

Rules Aim for Better Patient Safety through Confidential Error Reports (3/10/2008)

Hospital Marketing, Public Relations, and Planning: A Good Return on Investment? (3/5/2008)

Sleeping Pill Use Rises, Even for the Young (3/5/2008)
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog reports on Thomson Healthcare research examining trends in the use of sleep aids.

Benchmarking Helps Hospitals Uncover $5.6 Million in Savings (2/29/2008)

Trends in Hospital Uncollectible Revenues (2/29/2008)

Finance: Quality Returns (2/19/2008)
This HealthExecutive article highlights Thomson Healthcare and the 100 Top Hospitals® program, and quotes Jean Chenoweth.

Fact File: Patient Safety Trends (2/15/2008)
This HealthLeaders’ Fact File features Thomson Healthcare data on patient safety trends.

Using Data Systems to Improve Patient Safety (1/31/2008)

Fact File: Emergency Department Trends (1/22/2008)
This HealthLeaders' Fact File features Thomson Healthcare data on emergency department trends, including the percent of patients, length of stay, and cost of patients admitted through the emergency department.

Fact File: The Quality-Driven Consumer (1/6/2008)
This HealthLeaders' Fact File features Thomson Healthcare data on quality-driven consumers, including where they look for hospital quality information, which sources they trust for quality information, and the influence of specialization.