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A recent report on medication errors by U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) has pinpointed perioperative services as an editor highly at risk for medication errors when compared with the rest of the hospital, and outpatient surgery programs are particularly at risk, say sources interviewed by Same-Day Surgery.
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Outpatient surgery providers are seeing increasing numbers of children who are overweight and obese, and these children have a greater likelihood of experiencing problems associated with surgery, according to a recent study conducted by the University of Michigan Health System.
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When members of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida are seriously ill, injured, facing surgery, or need help negotiating the health care system, their care is managed by a care coordinator located in their region.
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A new web site, www.CalHospitalCompare.org, enables Californians to compare the performance of more than 200 hospitals statewide on a variety of quality measures from maternity services to cardiac treatment.
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By locating a social worker in hospital emergency departments to help members overcome barriers to primary care, Horizon NJ Health was able to decrease ED visits by 45% among members who had a face-to-face conversation with the social worker.
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Love your liver, says Thelma King Thiel, chairwoman and CEO for Hepatitis Foundation International based in Silver Spring, MD. Thiel would like this statement to be as common as "Fasten your seatbelt."
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When The Joint Commission released information on how to narrow the communication gap between patients and health care practitioners to improve patient safety, some people in the field of patient education said, "It's about time."
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Discharge planners/case managers may encounter physicians who insist upon making referrals to specific post-acute providers. These physicians may serve as medical directors or provide consulting services to the providers to whom they insist upon making referrals. Are these types of arrangements appropriate?
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Patients with life-limiting conditions who received patient-centered management had dramatically reduced utilization and cost of care compared to patients with similar conditions who received regular case management, a study by Blue Shield of California has concluded.
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The IRB at East Carolina University of Greenville, NC, was able to satisfy investigators' complaints and improve response times, partly through an overhaul of its policies and procedures.