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Patients and their families play an important role in reducing adverse events. A growing number of news reports and federal and local initiatives are calling for more consumer involvement in the prevention of medical errors.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed sweeping changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system for fiscal year 2008, which begins Oct. 1, 2007.
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A series of initiatives that includes on-site screeners for rehabilitation and long-term care, as well as a lounge for patients being discharged has helped Bay Regional Medical Center in Bay City, MI, move patients safely through the continuum of care in a timely manner.
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A case in which a Lafayette, LA, case manager was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice should serve as a reminder to case managers that they must be familiar with the Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act (HIPAA) as well as their local and state patient privacy laws, says Elizabeth Hogue, Esq., a Burtonsville, MD, attorney in private practice specializing in health care issues.
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A study published in the March 1 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine1 found that interventions for chronic conditions in the Health Disparities Collaboratives led to improvements in processes of care, but the authors could not document improvement in clinical outcomes.
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Advanced imaging systems lead the way in fighting worldwide No. 1 killer
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Five cardiovascular firms and a blood substitute company to gather in nearly $300 million
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland - The Medical Device Dispute Resolution Panel convened in April for the second time since December - the first meeting being Acorn Cardiovascular (St. Paul, Minnesota - and this gathering was to referee a dispute between the agency and Cardima (Fremont, California) over the outcome of clinical trials for the Revelation TX microcatheter, which is designed to treat paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) in patients who have not responded to treatment with at least two drugs.
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UK venture capital firm Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) led a $17 million investment in Heartscape Technologies (Columbia, Maryland), which recently launched a device for the early diagnosis of heart attacks in emergency department (ED) patients.
