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In its final rule for the Outpatient Prospective Payment System for calendar year 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took the first steps linking payment for outpatient services to the quality of care received by expanding the Hospital Outpatient Quality Data Reporting Program and requiring hospitals to report on outpatient quality measures for the first time.
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Six Sigma projects at Sharp HealthCare hospitals have dramatically shortened the time that elapses between the time that discharge orders are written and the time the patient leaves the acute care setting.
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Increased patient involvement in their own care is encouraged by The Joint Commission and other organizations as one of the keys to improving patient safety. In fact, "encouraging patients' active involvement in their own care" is one of the National Patient Safety Goals.
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Having a team of case managers dedicated to Medicare compliance reduced the number of admission denials from 221 in 2006 to just two by late December 2007 at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ.
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Making patient bills more user-friendly not to mention ensuring that they are actually accurate continues to be a focus in the health care industry.
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When you counsel on protection against HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), where does the female condom fit into your message? While the female condom represents a woman-controlled form of protection against HIV and other STDs, its use has lagged in the United States since its introduction in 1993.
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When men leave your family planning clinic, they may leave with a supply of condoms in hand. But do they leave with good information on the importance of correct, consistent condom use?
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Good news for your older female patients: Calcium, or calcium in combination with vitamin D, may prevent osteoporosis in those age 50 and older, results from a new meta-analysis show.
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Could a new combined oral contraceptive (OC) be available to U.S. women? Organon is conducting two Phase 3a trials for the first monophasic oral contraceptive containing estradiol (E2) and a new progestin, nomegestrol acetate (NOMAC).
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Review the number of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) detected in your patient population over the last year.
