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It seems like one of the more straightforward standards: to make sure that you regularly collect and review quality data from providers. And yet, surveyors do find issues with organizations. So what makes for a good Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation policy? And what are the common problems that Joint Commission surveyors are finding?
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How can you make sure that your nurses make a difference to the outcomes of your patients? According to a study in the January issue of Medical Care1, all it takes is a good patient/nurse ratio and good leadership.
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There were a lot of hospitals and healthcare providers who believed that Meaningful Use would go the way of ICD-10 coding: It would be delayed and delayed and altered and delayed again. So instead of jumping on any bandwagon, they opted to wait.
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A lot of hospitals and other healthcare organizations have been talking about Lean management and the Toyota process. Indeed, there have been dozens of academic studies related to its techniques in the last couple of years alone.
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The people at Iowa Health System in Des Moines knew they had good patient education methods. Theyd been using teach-back for years, through which patients are never asked yes or no questions like Do you understand the instructions? but are instead asked to repeat back their understanding of what was said by a provider.
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The Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) has launched a free, searchable new application that compiles thousands of federal inspection reports for hospitals around the nation since January 2011.
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While studies show that most people come to the ED because of an urgent or emergent medical concern, some people wind up in an emergency setting because they are not plugged in to the kind of social or medical resources that could more appropriately meet their needs.
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Since Tufts Health Plan launched its integrated care management model for Tufts Medicare Preferred, its Medicare Advantage plan, the Watertown, MA, health plan has seen significant reductions in hospital admissions and readmissions.
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Keystone Mercy Health Plans Acute Care Transitions program, which embeds case managers in hospital emergency departments to work with patients who seek treatment or are hospitalized, reduced emergency department visits by 21% and hospital inpatient admissions by 32% over the course of a year among members who received interventions when compared to a control group.
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In todays climate of healthcare reform and with the growing emphasis on quality, there are more opportunities for case managers than ever before.
