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The Leapfrog Group has unveiled a new policy through which it hopes to encourage hospitals to implement strategies to avoid the 28 "never" events that have been identified by the National Quality Forum (NQF).
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A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine indicates that the use of bar code technology in a hospital pharmacy can help achieve significant reductions in medication errors and potential adverse drug events (ADEs). However, the authors add, some systems are more effective than others.
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The Minnesota Hospital Association (MHA) recently completed a successful pneumonia prevention program for hospital patients on ventilators, crediting it with saving an estimated 53 lives and $7 million in health care costs.
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The ninth annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America Study contained some encouraging news, but also some troubling data, according to officials of the Golden CO-based organization.
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The Agency for Research and Healthcare Quality issued notice in the October 24, 2006, Federal Register that it intends request permission from the Office of Management and Budget to conduct an evaluation project on pay-for-quality programs.
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Nearly all hospitals support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in moving forward with a pay-for-performance program over the next few years, but selecting the right measures will be a critical element of future success, according to a new report by Mathematica Policy Research.
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The Oklahoma City, OK-based Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) has begun a consumer-focused phase that will include the tip sheet, "Steps to Safer Surgery," which gives patients specific questions to ask physicians and nurses before surgery to ensure the care provided will reduce the likelihood of complications.
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The Agency for Research and Healthcare Quality (AHRQ) has a DVD available on the proper insertion of chest tubes. The 11-minute DVD uses video footage of 50 chest tube insertion procedures taken at medical centers in the Baltimore, MD, area.
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Consider the many treatment options when presented with the following cases: the perimenopausal woman with prolonged menstrual bleeding due to uterine leiomyomas; the young woman with significant pain from spreading endometriosis; and the mother with menorrhagia. Which options will you choose?
