Quality and Safety
Surgical errors on the wrong body are occurrences that may be more frequent and more costly than many realize and, as a result, states and organizations are taking steps to identify and mitigate these preventable events.
Changing the method for how CMS adjusts payments to reflect regional variations in the cost of care as recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) can help ensure payment accuracy, but would do little to tackle the broader issues of access to care and care quality.
On Monday, the eight recipients of the Emergency Nurses Association's (ENA) second annual Lantern Awards were announced.
More than 60 organizations have signed on with an American Medical Association (AMA) initiative aimed at helping physicians put payer-provided data reports to better use to enhance the quality of care, the AMA announced July 16.
The American Hospital Association's (AHA) Physician Leadership Forum released a new white paper recently that discusses and examines the core competencies that are necessary in order to deliver coordinated, team-based, value-driven care, as well as recommendations for how healthcare organizations can learn to develop these skills in the upcoming generation of new physicians.
One of the few points of consensus in the “replace” part of “repeal and replace” is that malpractice reform should play a central role.
CareOne, an operator of 29 senior centers in New Jersey, announced earlier this week a collaboration with Walgreens on a program that will provide day-of-discharge medications to patients before they leave CareOne facilities and return home.
Telemedicine and mHealth have the potential to help the healthcare system meet the Institute of Healthcare Improvement's triple aim to simultaneously increase the quality of care, improve the health of populations and reduce the per capita cost of care.
In recognition of the complex medical decisions faced by patients with advanced, chronic illnesses, behavioral counseling company Vital Decision and care management specialist inVentiv Medical Management (iMM) have launched a combined service for payers, providers and seriously ill patients.
According to a national study released Wednesday by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC), contrary to popular belief, the majority of emergency department (ED) visits by nonelderly Medicaid patients are actually for signs and symptoms of urgent or more serious medical conditions or emergencies rather than routine care.