Logic says that electronic health records (EHR) should be a huge boon to healthcare quality. Up-to-date recordkeeping, real-time data, less paperwork, simpler transfers of information, electronic alerts: the list of benefits goes on and on.
As of today, CMS, The Joint Commission, and HFAP will be surveying hospitals to the 2012 Life Safety Code® (LSC). The various agencies have spent months changing their survey processes and updating their standards.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) sent a report on October 13 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging for better alignment of healthcare quality measures. The conclusion of the 42-page document is that payers haven’t agreed on what quality measures to track, which...
On October 13, CMS announced a push to improve physician engagement and their experience within the Medicare system. To achieve this goal, the agency is trying to reduce the reduce administrative burdens that physicians have to handle with the new Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (...
The Joint Commission this month launched a digital resource center aimed at reducing workplace violence in healthcare settings. The Workplace Violence Prevention Resources site was created in response to the high levels of verbal, written, and physical abuse leveled against patients and...
Hospital associations, Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO), and health system organizations now have a goal of reducing current overall levels of patient harm and 30-day readmissions by 20% and 12% respectively over the next three years.
During the 71st session of the UN General Assembly in New York City last week, https://goo.gl/kK2RCe the world’s governments discussed the increasing dangers posed by AMR infections and doubled down on the need for national and international AMR action plans...
