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Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Virginia, a subsidiary of WellPoint Inc., based in Richmond, has received a 2008 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for its development and implementation of performance-based reimbursement programs for Virginia hospitals, cardiologists, and cardiac surgeons.
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While The Joint Commission is asking health care facilities to use computerized physician order entry and bar coding technology as an adjunct to arm themselves in managing high-risk medications including anticoagulants, a recent study highlights the errors implicit in this kind of information technology support.
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In September, the American Hospital Association issued a quality advisory on implementing standardized colors for patient alert wristbands, citing a near miss when a nurse mistakenly placed a wrong-colored bracelet on a patient, confusing the color codes of the two hospitals for which she worked.
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Press Ganey Associates Inc., the South Bend, IN-based patient satisfaction and quality firm, reports that "patient satisfaction leaped" after the launch of public reporting.
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In its first-ever evaluation of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems in hospitals across the country, The Leapfrog Group found reason for concern when it came to proper implementation of these systems.
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Is it the end of an era for The Joint Commission? Following on the heels of Congress' move to require the organization to reapply for deeming authority for the first time, DNV Healthcare on Sept. 26 was granted deeming authority from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Anticoagulants, or blood thinners, have taken the mainstream media by storm with salacious tales of medical errors and tragic stories of babies' deaths.
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