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$30 Million in Quality Funding Available From CMS
CMS is offering up to $30 million in funding and technical assistance to clinicians, patients, and others involved in developing and improving quality measures for the Quality Payment Program. -
Prior Authorizations Lower Quality of Care, AMA Says
Almost all surveyed physicians agree that prior authorizations required by insurers negatively affect the quality of care patients receive, according to a new American Medical Association report. -
Readmission Rates May Not Reflect Quality, Study Says
The public has been led to believe that hospital quality measures on CMS’s Hospital Compare website offer a simple but reliable way to compare the quality of care offered by different hospitals, but recent research casts doubt on that reliability. -
Population Health Models, ACO Experience Lead to Hospital Improvements
Population health initiatives are proving to be among the most useful quality improvement resources for hospitals participating in accountable care organizations (ACOs). They’re leveraging the data from ACOs to target specific patient populations, improving care and reducing utilization. -
BPCI Advanced Brings Useful Data to Hospitals
The new Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced program from CMS will generate a huge amount of data that hospitals can use to improve quality, but exactly what data is coming and what do you do with it? -
Staff Workarounds Pose Medication Error Risk
Patient safety is compromised when healthcare workers use workarounds to speed things up when they are busy, or to overcome roadblocks that make it difficult or impossible for them to follow proper procedures in the medication process, warns a recent report from the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority in Harrisburg. -
Study Near-miss Barcode Medication Errors to Prevent Worse Events
A low rate of reported barcode medication administration errors can foster a false sense of security that could eventually result in a patient death or serious harm, say clinicians and researchers who have studied the issue. -
Nurse Sues Health System for Firing After Safety Complaints
A hospital and health system in California is facing a lawsuit from a nurse who says she was fired for blowing the whistle on unsafe working conditions that threatened patients and staff.
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Red Light Says ‘Not Now’ for Nurses in Critical Work
There are times when a nurse's full attention is needed for a task that is critical to patient safety. One hospital is using red lights on workstations to indicate that the nurse must not be interrupted.
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Strict Safety Briefings Reduce CAUTIs, CLABSIs, and Falls
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis was experiencing a problem familiar to many hospitals: It could make quality improvements, but had difficulty making those improvements stick, as there was a lack of bedside accountability.