Hospital Peer Review – August 1, 2019
August 1, 2019
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Can Regulators Be Friends? CMS Seen as Aiding Innovation, Quality
Researchers asked healthcare leaders to rank CMS on a scale of 1-10 for effectiveness in fostering and driving innovation. The results were encouraging for a sense of cooperation, with more than half scoring CMS 8 or higher.
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CMS May Revise HCAHPS to Improve Response Rates
Although hospitals must participate, the patient response rate for the 29-question Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey is only 27%, according to the most current data.
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Improving Telemedicine Can Raise Leapfrog Scores
Hospitals seeking to elevate their Leapfrog scores might want to look to telemedicine, especially if one weakness is intensivists or critical care-trained physicians managing patient care around the clock.
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Quick Wins With Focus on Sepsis, Fall Prevention
Quality improvement leaders at Spectrum Health, based in Grand Rapids, MI, are seeing success with several initiatives addressing sepsis, preventive screenings, and fall prevention. Their experiences may offer lessons for other hospitals.
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Hip Fracture Outcomes, Time to Surgery Addressed With Co-Management
Co-management of hip fractures among different disciplines can be effective in improving care and outcomes, according to the experience of one healthcare network.
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TJC Requires Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs for Ambulatory Care
Starting next year, outpatient facilities that prescribe antimicrobial medications routinely must have put in place programs to combat antibiotic misuse, which promotes antibiotic resistance.
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Inadequate Nurse Staffing Tied to Increase in Hospital-Acquired Infections
Researchers: Patients on units with both shifts understaffed were significantly more likely to develop infections two days later.
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