Hospital Peer Review – September 1, 2015
September 1, 2015
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Is CMS penalizing top performers?
New insight into higher quality care, better outcomes, and improved patient safety
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CMS finalizes two-midnight rule
The changes in the OPPS are supposed to give physicians more flexibility to determine which patients might be considered an inpatient, even if they don’t stay over two midnights.
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Enhanced recovery comes to America
The results from the Euro method was uniformly shorter stays, lower costs, fewer complications, happier patients and happier doctors. But here in America? The idea wasn’t taking off very quickly.
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Looking at the in-between moments of care
For years, healthcare has known that handoffs can make or break patient care.
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The best catheter is one that’s out
Catheters cause UTIs and the longer one is in place, the more likely it is to cause an infection.
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Magnet status improves outcomes
Previous studies have looked at Medicare discharges, neonatal patients, and surgical patients. None has examined patient outcomes at Magnet facilities — over 400 as of March 2015 — compared to others over time. Until now.
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Data from NSQIP better than others
Two studies released at the recent American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) conference show that data collected by the organization appears to be better than other sources of data for improving quality of care for surgical patients.
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Journal outlines issues of contention in HAC program
Health Affairs is weighing in on the issue of the CMS program to reduce HACs through financial penalties of 1% this fiscal year.