Hospital Peer Review – December 1, 2015
December 1, 2015
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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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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. -
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: -
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. -
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: -
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. -
AHA pushing CMS to improve Hospital Quality Star Ratings
The American Hospital Association in Washington, DC, is sending a stern message to the CMS: Your Hospital Quality Star Rating System isn’t working so well. -
Fewer hospitals get five-star ratings
The five-star rating on the CMS Hospital Compare website is becoming a more exclusive club. This year, CMS awarded 207 hospitals a five-star rating, down from 336 in is most recent posting. -
GAO says quality incentives, penalties not improving quality
Neither bonuses nor penalties are having much of an effect on improving the quality of care in hospitals, according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. -
Wearable ventilator said to improve health, save money
New data presented recently indicate that use of a wearable ventilator system in COPD patients is associated with significant improvement in healthcare utilization and overall respiratory health status. -
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