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...
In a newly published analysis, the ECRI Institute reviewed 7,600 wrong-patient events in 181 hospitals. Roughly 9% of those errors resulted in a patient being hurt or dying, despite the fact that most of the identification mistakes were preventable.
The Joint Commission released its 2017 reporting requirements for ORYX, a performance measurement and improvement initiative for which facilities are required to collect and submit data on six sets of core measures.
