As hospitals across the country search for ways to reduce readmissions in the wake of reimbursement cuts from CMS for rehospitalizations within 30 days, one statewide initiative in Minnesota may have cracked the code.
Those in the patient safety field may not think about their fellow healthcare workers on a day-to-day basis, but perhaps it's time they did. Although the two worlds don't often mix, employee health experts are making a case that improving the health and safety of hospital employees has clear...
New research from the CDC offers additional insight into growing concern about antibiotic resistance, particularly when it comes to inconsistent prescribing practices.
Conducting a timeout, including the use of a checklist, before beginning a surgery is a well-known requirement of The Joint Commission-it has been a standard of quality care for years now. Staff in operating rooms are used to systematically ticking off checklists, and just about...
By now, many in healthcare have learned from other industries that getting frontline staff input is essential to quality improvement. However, the task of obtaining that input has been a bit more challenging than many anticipated.
Patient satisfaction and quality of care matter to most frontline staff and other hospital employees, and they certainly matter in terms of reimbursement. The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey measures patient satisfaction in different ways...
Some healthcare-associated infection (HAI) rates have gone down in the past few years, according to the 2011 National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections Standardized Infection Ratio Report.
