Quality and Safety

Dec 03 | Jeff Lagasse

Americans concerned about how hospital mergers and acquisitions will impact their care

About a quarter of respondents thought mergers and acquisitions were threats to their health, and many…

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Dec 03 | Beth Jones Sanborn

eConsult proves valuable tool for NYC Health+Hospitals in cutting wait times, speeding referrals

For patients referred for an in-person specialty care visit, the median wait time decreased…

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Dec 03 | Jeff Lagasse

Hospital-wide scores underestimate readmission risk in neurocritical care patients

Thirty-day hospital readmission risk has become an important measure of the quality of hospital care, and…

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Nov 29 | Jeff Lagasse

Detroit Medical Center hospitals may lose federal funds due to health and safety violations

At issue were infection control violations, which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…

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Nov 29 | Jeff Lagasse

Even hospitals with high patient survival rates still struggle with readmissions

The readmission rates of top performing facilities were similar to, and in some cases greater than, the rates…

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Nov 27 | Jeff Lagasse

Top 25 healthcare supply chains in 2018, as ranked by Gartner

Cleveland Clinic came in first, and has been in the top 10 in the ranking for the past three years.

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Nov 26 | Beth Jones Sanborn

How Grady Health System used AI to reduce preventable readmissions

Case study: Grady Health used an AI machine to generate which patients were most at risk of coming back to them within 30…

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Nov 20 | Jeff Lagasse

New 'buddy system' of nurse education gets high marks from students

Students have challenged the traditional approach to education, saying it is not a realistic representation of a…

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Nov 20 | Jeff Lagasse

How high-tech thermal cameras can reduce falls, streamline workflows for nurses

With fewer nurses on the floor and the risk of falls and other issues ever-present, more hospitals are…

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Nov 19 | Susan Morse

How one hospital prepares for turkey day

Northwell stays vigilant on ER numbers as turkey meat contaminated with salmonella is under a recall.

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Care Collaboration Success for Improved Outcomes The nature of our healthcare ecosystem has been one of siloed care. Rarely do payers, providers and local resources come together with the patient's well-being prioritized as a unifying mission. Read how these organizations are getting it right.

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Clinical Quality Measures 101 Although quality-reporting programs such as meaningful use provide incentives to help providers implement and use electronic health records (EHRs) to collect and report on clinical data, practices often need help deciding what data to collect, which measures to report ...

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