Hospital Peer Review – January 1, 2019
January 1, 2019
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Health System Goes From C’s and D’s to A’s and B’s in One Year
In one year, the seven hospitals of CHI Franciscan, based in Tacoma, WA, achieved extraordinary improvements in quality and safety. They did it by adopting more of a team-based approach to patient care, improving communication and reducing silos that prohibit information-sharing. -
Documentation in Peer Review Meetings: How Much Is Just Right?
The need for documentation of peer review meeting minutes is clear, but there are two schools of thought on how detailed records should be: general and broad to prevent their being used against participants in future challenges to their decisions, or detailed so that they provide a solid explanation and defense. -
CMS Requiring Price Transparency, Compliance Program
CMS now requires hospitals to post “standard charges” for all hospital inpatient and outpatient services online, but compliance may be a challenge if hospitals are careless about how they post prices. The measure could interfere with efforts to draw in patients who use quality and safety scores to choose their hospitals. -
Knowledge Gap Threatens Outcomes, Patient Safety
Hospitals should address physician knowledge gaps to improve quality of care, outcomes, and patient safety, says a surgeon who has searched Google mid-surgery to help a fellow physician determine how to proceed. -
Leadership in the Trenches Helps Hospital Win Awards for Women’s Care
Getting leaders out on the floor, mixing it up with patients and staff, is one of the keys to success at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, NY, which has established itself as a tertiary referral center and a standout in the region for women’s healthcare.