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Are you implementing guidance from the US Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 2010, (US MEC) released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?
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Results from an analysis presented at the recent 2011 International AIDS Society conference in Rome suggest that using certain methods of hormonal contraception particularly injectable contraception might double the risk of HIV acquisition in a previously uninfected woman and also might double the risk that an HIV- infected woman will transmit HIV to a previously uninfected male sexual partner.
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Most accredited hospitals have been reporting ORYX performance data to The Joint Commission (TJC) on a monthly basis since 2002.
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One of the common challenges faced by healthcare quality professionals is being able to make a business case to administrators that is, to demonstrate their QI programs will save the hospital money.
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The Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, PA, was one of 18 recipients of The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) 2011 Achievement Awards, given in recognition of innovative programs.
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The U.S. public health system is trying to catch up with the explosion of infections with multidrug resistant gram negative rods (MDR-GNR) by standardizing surveillance definitions and changing laboratory breakpoints.
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Many healthcare professionals have touted the benefits of telemedicine in improving quality of care, and there is no doubt the technology can enhance care delivery, but as Wenatchee Valley Medical Center in Wenatchee, WA, has demonstrated, the processes implemented by the human component of such programs are at least as important as the telemedicine itself.
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Emergency departments (EDs) can improve communication and patient care with simple strategies, says Gregory Cuculino, MD, an emergency physician at Taylor Hospital in Philadelphia.
