Hospital Peer Review – July 1, 2017
July 1, 2017
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Readmissions Reduced to 7.8% with Nursing Intervention at Home
Hospitals can significantly reduce readmissions with a multilayered program tailored to the needs of individual patients, according to the experience of an Arizona health system.
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Using Family as Informal Caregivers Cuts Readmissions 25%
Hospitals never seem to have enough resources, but you might be overlooking people who could be effective in improving post-discharge care and reducing readmissions: the friends and family of the patient.
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CARE Act Requires Hospitals to Ask About Caregivers
The Caregiver Advise, Record, and Enable (CARE) Act requires hospitals to give inpatients the opportunity to formally identify a caregiver, such as a friend or relative, who can provide assistance with aftercare following discharge.
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Most Hospitals Penalized in HRRP All Five Years
CMS penalized more than half of hospitals participating in the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program initiated by the Affordable Care Act in all five years of the program — but penalties were less common for hospitals treating the most medically complex patients, according to a recent analysis.
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Guide Available for Including Informal Caregivers
Hospital leaders seeking guidance on how to integrate friends and family as informal caregivers at discharge can consult a resource made available by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) and Patients for Patient Safety Canada (PFPSC).
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Hospitals Working on Becoming More Age-friendly
Hospitals across the country are working toward creating a culture that provides better quality care to aging Americans, with the aid of The John A. Hartford Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization.
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HHS Says CMS Should Look Harder for Cheating Hospitals
Most hospitals are playing fair when it comes to reporting quality data, but CMS needs to look harder for those that are gaming the system with inaccurate information, according to a recent report from the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Patients Using Yelp to Choose Hospitals
With people using online reviews to choose nearly everything they buy, they eventually had to get around to including hospitals. A report from the Manhattan Institute and funded by the New York State Health Foundation suggests that Yelp can be useful in guiding patients to hospitals with better quality.
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Gender Disparities Seen Most in Addiction Treatment
Gender disparities in healthcare are most likely to be related to follow-up care for alcohol and drug treatment, according to a report released by the CMS Office of Minority Health.
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Industry Group Calls on Trump to Ease Regulation
A leading group in the healthcare industry is calling on President Donald Trump to make American healthcare great again by reducing the regulatory burden.