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NCQA: Quality measures up for third year in a row
For the third year in a row, health care quality in the United States improved substantially, despite broad public concerns over cost, the uninsured, patient safety, and other systemwide ills, according to a new report from the Washington, DC-based National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). -
The Quality-Cost Connection: Improve quality with systems thinking
Is your organization plagued by performance-improvement initiatives that fail to achieve their intended goals? Are gains short-lived? -
Surgeon looks at dye label, ‘sees’ what he expects
Caroline Carcerano underwent spinal surgery at Tufts Medical Center in Boston in hopes that the procedure would resolve pain from a back injury. During the procedure, her neurosurgeon requested a special dye to test the location of tubing threaded into her spine. -
Move to ICD-10 could compromise safety data
Transitioning to ICD-10 coding could negatively affect patient safety reporting and perceptions of hospital quality because of inaccurate comparisons between the new codes and those used under the ICD-9 system, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. -
Tailor HIPAA training of your staff to your needs, and avoid generics
There was a time when risk managers and regulators were just happy to see that hospital staff had been trained in Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance, and they assumed that what worked for one facility would be fine for the next. That’s not the case anymore. -
Confirmation bias threatens patient safety, but can be overcome
Is confirmation bias lurking in your hospital, waiting to cause havoc for even the most skilled, well-intentioned clinicians? -
State supreme court affirms $4.4 million verdict based on lack of informed consent
The male patient fell from a ladder and suffered multiple non-displaced rib fractures, among other injuries. -
1 in 4 handoffs threaten patient safety
The researchers who studied patient handoffs at 23 children’s hospitals found an alarmingly high baseline rate of handoff failure: 25.8% of the handoffs were insufficient or inaccurate.
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Free vaccine app speeds process, documentation
A free app offered by Underwriters Laboratory, based in Franklin, TN, can help risk managers improve their employee vaccination programs. -
Confirmation bias is pitfall for all clinicians
Confirmation bias has been known in healthcare for years, but clinicians still are learning how to avoid this pitfall. Emergency physicians are particularly susceptible, according to the study that most often is cited in explaining the problem.