Healthcare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement Archives – November 1, 2011
November 1, 2011
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Study shows Keystone program achieved significant savings
One of the common challenges faced by healthcare quality professionals is being able to make a business case to administrators that is, to demonstrate their QI programs will save the hospital money. -
Teach-back program reduces readmissions
The Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, PA, was one of 18 recipients of The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) 2011 Achievement Awards, given in recognition of innovative programs. -
CM enhances telemedicine program
Many healthcare professionals have touted the benefits of telemedicine in improving quality of care, and there is no doubt the technology can enhance care delivery, but as Wenatchee Valley Medical Center in Wenatchee, WA, has demonstrated, the processes implemented by the human component of such programs are at least as important as the telemedicine itself. -
Nocturnists help avoid night, weekend danger
When you finally pack up on Friday afternoon and go home for the weekend, what is happening at your hospital? Unfortunately, the risk of death and adverse events goes up dramatically. -
Simple strategies that can be used in the ED
Emergency departments (EDs) can improve communication and patient care with simple strategies, says Gregory Cuculino, MD, an emergency physician at Taylor Hospital in Philadelphia. -
Response changes as gram neg HAIs rise
The U.S. public health system is trying to catch up with the explosion of infections with multidrug resistant gram negative rods (MDR-GNR) by standardizing surveillance definitions and changing laboratory breakpoints. -
TJC readies new performance standard
Most accredited hospitals have been reporting ORYX performance data to The Joint Commission (TJC) on a monthly basis since 2002.