Healthcare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement Archives – June 1, 2005
June 1, 2005
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OIG signals shift on gainsharing: HCA seeks OK for implant contract
A few short years ago it would have been unthinkable, but in six recent advisory opinions, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has indicated it would not seek sanctions against hospitals pursuing certain gainsharing arrangements. -
Midwest tops nation in patient safety performance
Patient safety at hospitals varies dramatically across the nation, but the highest performance on patient safety is centered in the Midwestern states, not the most populous states on the coasts, according to new findings by the Ann Arbor, MI-based Solucient Center for Healthcare Improvement. -
Hospital treats patients and families like VIPs
Talk about putting your patients first: Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta has launched a concierge service for its patients and families that it first had intended to offer as a new benefit for its staff members. -
Quality directors give QIOs high marks in new study
Quality improvement organizations (QIOs) have gone a long way toward erasing the previously adversarial and punitive roles of their predecessors, the peer review organizations, according to a new study in the bimonthly journal Health Services Research. -
Is cardiac care better at specialty hospitals?
Specialty heart hospitals may not provide better or more efficient cardiac care than general hospitals, according to a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine. -
News Briefs
The recently opened Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) International Center for Patient Safety has launched a new web site, www.jcipatientsafety.org, designed to serve as a major, central repository of resources and information related to all aspects of patient safety.