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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released guidance to help organizations comply with HIPAA security standards when they allow remote access to electronic protected health information (EPHI) through portable devices or external systems or hardware.
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At Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital in Washington the implementation of new state-wide financial assistance guidelines "wasn't really that big of a change," says John Vornbrock, FACHE, senior vice president and CFO.
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New requirements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for "present on admission" designations will have significant implications for quality professionals.
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With the increasing number of health care performance measurement initiatives being carried out across the country, comparative data are easy to obtain nowadays. These data can be powerful motivators for organizational change by highlighting opportunities for improvement and thereby assisting in setting strategic improvement goals.
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Do clinical staff feel truly comfortable reporting near misses and potential errors at your organization? The answer could have a major impact on patient safety.
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The latest initiative by the Seattle-based Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA) and its 97 member hospitals is a web site that provides hospital-specific price and quality information.
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All the community hospitals in the state of Washington are voluntarily expanding their financial assistance guidelines in what is being described as one of the more far-reaching policies of its kind in the United States.
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A survey of hospital quality improvement directors and senior executives found that the vast majority were enthusiastic about a future pay-for-performance (P4P) initiative by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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It's a situation you don't want to have during a survey by The Joint Commission surveyors discovering previously identified problems are still occurring. Or just as bad the problem was fixed but the solution was only temporary.