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After a year of reviewing applications from multi-stakeholder organizations across the country, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has selected the first 14 communities to be designated Chartered Value Exchanges (CVEs).
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The Joint Commission has released its proposed 2009 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs), and as one quality expert has opined, "It probably contained no surprises."
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Mortality rates and hospital costs at facilities participating in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) pay-for-performance demonstration project continue to decline, according to analysis by the Premier health care alliance.
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One of the resources being made available to the newly designated Chartered Value Exchanges, or CVEs, will be technical assistance provided by the Sacramento, CA-based Center for Health Improvement (CHI).
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Below are some of the proposed additions to The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) for 2009, with challenges outlined for each:
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island's case management department consistently scores in the 90th percentile on satisfaction surveys sent to members who have completed a case management program.
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Baptist Health System of Jacksonville, FL, has become one of only 13 health care systems nationwide to achieve recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a Magnet health care system, an international quality designation considered the "gold standard" for nursing and clinical care.
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When it comes to requirements for "present on admission" (POA), the focus too often is on reimbursement instead of patient care, according to some quality improvement experts.
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Making sure that conditions that are "present on admission" (POA) are identified as such. Using newly acquired data to identify potential quality issues. Dealing with physicians who refuse to conform to new documentation requirements.