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Standards put in place in 2003 to ensure ample sleep for interns are not being complied with, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) asserts in its latest report, The State of Health Care Quality 2006, that the results demonstrate "the long-term transformative effects of quality measures over the duration [of the reports]."
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Joining a growing group of organizations that finds merit in a pay-for-performance approach to quality improvement, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has recommended that Medicare should gradually replace its current fee-for-service payment system with a new pay-for-performance system.
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Many health care quality proponents are under the impression that, while there is much they can do within the hospital setting to improve patient safety and quality, their impact is limited when it comes to much-needed changes in public policy.
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The 2006 AHA McKesson Quest for Quality Prize winner and merit winners were announced in the October issue of the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.
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Bacterial resistance to antibiotic treatment has concerned the medical community since the introduction of the first antibiotics in the 1920s. Development of new anti-infective agents has been precipitated by increasing resistance to older agents and classes of agents. While high rates of resistant organisms have been particularly problematic in hospital intensive care units, serious resistance now is being encountered in community-acquired infections. This review will focus on the clinical aspects of antibiotic resistance in community-acquired respiratory infections, pharyngitis, skin infections, and urinary tract infections.
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Emergency preparedness is on the minds of home health managers, as they look at the devastation and extensive recovery efforts following hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Additionally, it is the No. 1 standards compliance issues for agencies accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
