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Complications initiative saves $120 million, improves quality
A three-year initiative by New Jersey hospitals to confront and reduce the incidence of complications for hospitalized patients is reporting positive results: more than 13,730 cases of patient harm averted and $120 million in healthcare cost savings. Other hospitals across the country could replicate the same results. -
Study design misinterprets categories, 3M says
3M, the maker of the Potentially Preventable Readmissions software, responded to recent criticism that it fails at distinguishing differences in care quality by submitting a letter to BMJ Quality and Safety, which published the study. The following are excerpts from the letter: -
3M’s PPR software criticized, but is research misleading?
The Potentially Preventable Readmissions from 3M fails at distinguishing differences in care quality, including key factors involved in readmission, according to a recent report. One of the physician developers at 3M, however, says the study was improperly designed and the negative conclusion is not correct. -
Better leadership, management leads to better quality
Read excerpts from the recent study in Health Affairs by Thomas Tsai, MD, MPH, a surgeon and health policy researcher in the Department of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston: -
Examples of high and low scoring in management study
The recent study in Health Affairs by Thomas Tsai, MD, MPH, a surgeon and health policy researcher in the Department of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, did not include examples of how the hospitals were scored on specific factors related to the board of directors and management. -
Hospital Board, Management Closely Tied to Quality
Quality healthcare begins at the top, with CEOs and hospital boards setting the right tone and expectations. Here's why it's important to get it right.
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ED Push - November 2015 Second Issue
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Better Ways for Physicians and Patients to Communicate
Dr. Andrew Lazris blames the media for much of this muddle. -
Complications of Injection Drug Abuse
This article will examine unique emergencies that occur as a result of recreational injection drug use.
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Steps to take when a patient falls at your facility
When a patient falls, your post-fall management should include a post-fall huddle and reassessment of the patient, according to a Sentinel Event Alert just released by The Joint Commission .