Hospital Peer Review – April 1, 2011
April 1, 2011
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ICD-10 timetable: Readiness assessments should be complete
Most people have trouble planning the next week's dinners or their next vacation, let alone something that is two and a half years away. -
TJC can accredit psych hospitals, says CMS
The Joint Commission can start accrediting psychiatric hospitals, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in late February 2011. -
Bridging the gap between ED and PCP
There are literally dozens of studies that enumerate some of the problems that plague patients as a result of imperfect transitions of care. -
Five years without VAP? Two years without BSI?
On March 14, there was a big celebration at Mercy Memorial Hospital in Monroe, MI, attended by officials from the Michigan Hospital Association. -
Collaborative uses data to bring uniformity
Increasing data show that variations in care have a negative impact on outcomes and costs some estimates are that almost a third of healthcare dollars are spent in a wasteful manner or go to overuse of the system.