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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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:
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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.
