Healthcare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement Archives – January 1, 2008
January 1, 2008
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Is 'non-pay for non-performance' a wave of the future of health care?
Just when hospital leadership was getting used to the pay-for-performance (P4P) concept, it seems that they will now have to adapt to another new reality that might well be called "non-pay for non-performance." -
Safety expert blames poor flow for many errors
The recent fining of nine California hospitals for patient safety violations underscores just how high a cost health care facilities might pay for safety shortcomings, and puts an even greater emphasis on identifying new causes of errors and their solutions. -
Six Sigma CAP initiative reduces mortalities
A Six Sigma performance improvement project in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) at Mercy Medical Center has decreased mortality rates from 6.7% in 2003 to 3.5% in 2006, or a 47.8% reduction. -
Docs, paramedics using new two-way video link
Physicians at the University Medical Center (UMC) in Tucson, AZ and the city's 17 paramedic units are participating in a pilot program for what its proponents say is a worldwide first ... -
Majority of hospitals won't bill for 'never events'
The Washington, DC-based Leapfrog Group reports that 52% of the hospitals responding to its Hospital Quality and Safety Survey say that they have adopted the "Leapfrog Never Events" policy. -
Facility, insurer seek to create a 'healthy city'
Improving the health of patients in your hospital is a large enough challenge, but imagine taking on the well-being of an entire city. -
News Briefs
One out of every 20 patients treated in United States hospitals for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, in 2005 died from the infection.