Earlier this year, The Joint Commission updated its National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) on catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) for hospitals and critical access hospitals. It also created a new CAUTI NPSG for nursing care centers.
Efforts to improve patient safety are paying off, according to a new Health and Human Services (HHS) department report. Between 2010 and 2015, increased patient safety efforts have prevented 3.1 million hospital-acquired conditions (HAC), saved 125,000 lives and $28 billion in healthcare costs...
On December 2, the American Hospital Association (AHA) sent a letter to president-elect Donald Trump asking him to reform 33 different CMS regulatory requirements and policies. The letter argues that reducing administrative complexity would save billions annually and allow providers to spend...
It’s been almost five months after CMS publicly released its hospital star ratings system amidst widespread controversy and opposition. Now, a new study by WalletHub has provided evidence that hospitals’ ratings are highly linked to their location and socioeconomic factors.
CMS last week released a list of 97 reporting measures for hospitals, clinician practices, nursing homes, dialysis facilities, and other settings. The measures are being considered for use in Medicare’s quality and value-based purchasing programs.
he high rate of burnout and unengaged physicians and nurses is an increasing concern for the healthcare industry. The Mayo Clinic recently released a new paper on preventing burnout, emphasizing the need for individual physicians and hospital leaders to work together on this problem.
A new study found that out of the 310 million surgery patients who receive surgery every year, 50 million suffer postoperative complications and more than 1.5 million die from those complications. Surprisingly, patients in low- and middle-income countries were less likely to experience...
A new report from The Joint Commission finds that U.S. hospitals are improving patient safety and quality when treating patients for common conditions.
