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CMS Issues Text Message Guidance
CMS has issued clarification of its position regarding the use of text messaging with patient information between providers, saying it is “permissible if accomplished through a secure platform.”
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JAHF Age-friendly Initiative Showing Results
The John A. Hartford Foundation's Age-Friendly Health System initiative seeks to improve care transitions and the way episodes of care are addressed for an aging population. -
Move to Fewer and Better Measures, Physicians Say
Existing quality measures should be winnowed down from several hundred to two dozen. -
Streamlining Metrics Helps With ‘Measurement Mania’
Quality metrics should be streamlined to focus only on those that truly affect patient care. -
Patient Engagement, Net Promoter Scores Increased With Feedback
Improving patient feedback can dramatically increase engagement levels with caregivers and decrease turnover, leading to an overall improvement in the quality of care, one hospital reports. -
Focus on QAPI Helps Hospital Overcome Bad Survey
A poor accreditation survey is bad news for any hospital, but with the right approach it can be the beginning of systematic improvements that improve quality throughout the organization. -
Barcode Medication Errors Reported for Analysis
Pennsylvania healthcare facilities increasingly have reported patient safety events associated with a technology used to prevent medication-administration errors.
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CMS Describes Measures Considered for 2018
CMS has issued a list of 32 measures it is considering for 2018 that could drive quality improvement in various healthcare settings.
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Hospital Satisfaction Data Affected by Noise
Hoag Orthopedic Institute in Irvine, CA, publishes its outcomes data every year, reporting improvements in quality along with illustrations of how the hospital addresses deficiencies.
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Hospital Plays to Surgeons’ Competitive Nature to Raise Quality
Outcomes at Hoag Orthopedic Institute in Irvine, CA, already were good when quality leaders thought they might improve even more if they posed blinded and coded data on patient-reported outcomes for the surgeons to see how they fared in comparison with their peers.