Known in the industry as e-consultations, the telemedicine platforms help connect PCPs with specialists to help improve care management and care coordination for patients.
Now that we’re in January, we’ve asked Mary Voutt-Goos, director of patient safety initiatives at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, to give her take on the past 10 years, as well as what’s in store for patient safety.
Just in time for the holidays, CMS is offering the gift of a newly revised State Operations Manual (SOM), one of the first significant overhauls in more than a year, especially for hospitals. Expect updated standards from accrediting organizations (AOs) to follow.
Yet another mixed bag of festive goodies for you this week: I know you’ve all been good (our profession doesn’t really leave a lot of room for anything other than good,...
Do you ever find yourself at the end of the year with a list of random items that you just never got to? It’s not that they weren’t (or, indeed, aren’t) important, but...
