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This case series and prospective observational study describe propylene glycol toxicity in patients receiving IV benzodiazepines.
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In daily clinical practice, OAC was only given to a minority (30%) of AMI patients with AF, despite the fact that OAC was associated with a 29% relative and 7% absolute reduction in 1-year mortality ...
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In a well-designed double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial in COPD patients admitted with an exacerbation, aminophylline produced no clinically relevant benefit but increased the incidence of nausea.
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Atrial fibrillation remains a common and vexing problem after cardiac surgery.
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An "Issue Brief" from Mathematica Policy Research Inc., published in March 2006, sheds some new light on the challenges that hospitals face in meeting compliance measures from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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For the second spring in a row, imposter surveyors have sought access to American hospitals. Last year, there were more than half a dozen incidents, and this year there have already been three.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has unveiled a new interactive web-based tool that provides each state a way to evaluate its health care quality, thus providing another resource for benchmarking.
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Opal Reinbold, chief quality officer for Palomar Pomerado Health in San Diego, has used the data generated by her system's participation in the Premiere Health/CMS demonstration project to move beyond measuring compliance with CMS measures to improving best practices.
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Following in the footsteps of a successful program initiated by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Virginia, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia (BCBSGa) is piloting a new provider-directed quality improvement program Quality-In-Sights: Hospital Incentive Program (Q-HIP).
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Project Dulce, a diabetes care management program housed at Whittier Institute for Diabetes in La Jolla, CA, has successfully addressed not only the difficult challenge of helping patients manage their diabetes, but also another issue of growing concern to quality managers: improving outcomes among minority populations.
