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Johns Hopkins researchers say they have uncovered an unintended consequence of the move in recent years to reduce the legend-arily long and onerous work hours of interns. Shorter work hours can increase the risks of patient handoff, they say.
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It has been more than 30 years since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) moved from using a chart review process to implementation of standardized measures as a way to determine the quality of care patients receive.
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No one expects the wrongs of millennia to be righted overnight, but it seems as if not a lot has changed every year when the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) releases its annual report on healthcare disparities.
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It always comes down to communication, right? In an effort to further emphasize improved communications along the healthcare continuum, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has revised its Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for discharge planning. This comes just as the organization will begin doing surveys related to discharge planning procedures.
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If payer claims data creates a more robust picture of the cost and quality of care provided, then more data is better. But until recently, organizations that want to make use of data were doing without anything much from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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Continuing to emphasize the importance of discharge planning and preventing unnecessary readmissions, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a revised set of Discharge Planning Interpretive Guidelines that surveyors will use to assess a hospital's compliance with Medicare's Conditions of Participation.
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These are additional findings from to first Health Care Workers Compensation Barometer report from Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon, based in Chicago:
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News: This case involves a 69-year-old male who underwent a colonoscopy with lesion removal at the hospital.
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You can expect fewer workers compensation claims this year, but the ones you do see are likely to be more severe, according to the first Health Care Workers Compensation Barometer report from Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of healthcare consultant Aon, based in Chicago.