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After years of being frustrated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program and other audit programs, the hospital industry is taking action. Heres the latest:
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Your influenza vaccination campaign is coming into the public spotlight, and that means more pressure than ever on the logistics of administering and tracking those vaccinations.
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Butler County Health Care Center (BCHCC) in David City, NE, is small it has 25 beds serving a rural community of 2,500 but the administrators think big.
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Maybe in today's jaded world, $75,000 doesn't seem like a lot of money to win. But along with that little financial windfall won by University Hospital Case Medical Center in Cleveland in July, came a prestigious title: Winner of the American Hospital Association McKesson Quest for Quality award.
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When you talk to officials at The Joint Commission (TJC) about the annual sentinel event reports released in July, they are quick to tell you that the data represent just a portion of sentinel events in the country, because reporting them to the organization is voluntary.
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What do you do when something you desperately want to fix just won't be fixed?
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No one would argue that ventilators are lifesaving tools for many critically ill patients. But like so much in healthcare, too much of a good thing can be bad.
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By 2020, all accredited hospitals are supposed to achieve a 90% success rate for flu vaccinations among staff.
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Most organizations that are looking for what went wrong after an error are familiar with the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) method.
