A new study conducted by John Hopkins researchers estimates that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is wrong about the third...Read More »
Since there aren’t any standards for determining the accuracy and timeliness of quality data, how do we know if today's quality measures are...Read More »
Facilities with excessively high readmissions can have their Medicare payments docked between 1% to 3%, with 2,601 hospitals penalized in 2015....Read More »
In February, an international task force ruled that systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) shouldn’t be used when diagnosing sepsis....Read More »
Copying and pasting information in electronic health records (EHR) is a common practice that can save busy physicians and other staff valuable...Read More »
CMS is calling on healthcare providers to team up with Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organizations (QIN-QIO) to support and...Read More »
To find an inexpensive treatment to this problem, a research team conducted a study of different types of medication on 12,000 patients in 21...Read More »
For nearly two decades, communication failures have been frequently attributed to harmful events in healthcare. Judging by a new report looking...Read More »
Johns Hopkins Medicine coordinates high-quality care across ambulatory care centers, using a model it says has resulted in improved metrics...Read More »
