When CMS shared the findings of the 2015 Physician Quality Reporting System, it also published a report on the CMS Physician Quality Reporting Programs Strategic Vision.
A new study found that almost half of U.S. hospitals are failing to take the required steps to prevent C. diff infections, which kill nearly 30,000 people annually.
Although patient safety data has played a larger role in dictating hospital and state initiatives, sometimes statistics are only one piece of the puzzle.
Recent carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) outbreaks at two Los Angeles hospitals have raised serious questions regarding reprocessing procedures tied to duodenoscopes and the risks patients face during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures.
