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Quality professionals and the organizations that evaluate them place a great emphasis today on standards core measures, evidence-based practices, and consistent processes. A dynamic seemingly at odds with this emphasis is the fact that patients are individuals, with unique needs and desires about their care.
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As performance improvement programs and the ability to track data and trends from outcomes-based quality improvement reports have become more sophisticated, home health agencies report improvements in all categories, except hospital readmission rates.
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The first year that Health Alliance Plan (HAP) offered on-site wellness programs for employer groups, the Detroit-based health plan implemented programs at 20 companies.
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The most recent Sentinel Event Alert issued by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations addresses medication reconciliation and the importance of this process in reducing the risk of medication errors.
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For the first time since 1996, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will conduct the National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery (NSAS).
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The next time you need to purchase a laser, how would you like to pay $8,000 for a used one instead of $30,000 or $50,000-$100,000 to purchase a new one? Those were the options faced by one ophthalmologist who turned to the Internet when he needed a CO2 laser.
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Four times a year, staff and board members from IRBs around the St. Louis area get together to talk about the issues that concern them, in an effort to learn from each other and to jointly sponsor educational programs.
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The software demands of smaller IRBs and larger ones can be very different, and its hard to meet everybodys needs with a single program. So Third Sky Inc. doesnt try.
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During a recent unannounced Joint Commission survey at Presbyterian Healthcare in Charlotte, NC, staff underwent a rigorous, in-depth process, says Paula Swain, MSN, CPHQ, FNAHQ, director of clinical and regulatory review.