In 2015 hospitals were given the option of submitting their eCQM data to meet ORYX requirements. The Joint Commission has analyzed and released...Read More »
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) published an online toolkit this May that teaches how to talk with patients when a medical...Read More »
At the beginning of the 2017 fiscal year in October, CMS will add new criteria to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program that’s expected to...Read More »
Anyone who’s had to upgrade a computer system can tell you it’s never as easy as advertised. While for a personal system this may just lead to...Read More »
Researchers found that when a child is sent to the hospital, there’s a 6.5% chance they'll be readmitted within 30 days. However, 29.5% of those...Read More »
On July 27, CMS publicly released its hospital star ratings system on its Hospital Compare website despite many appeals, requests, and proposed...Read More »
At Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in Tennessee, a multidisciplinary team has been working on evidence-based guidelines for limiting...Read More »
The eCQMs, which deal with data from electronic health records and health information technology system, are due for release on February 28, 2017...Read More »
Earlier this month, the Critical Care Societies Collaborative published a report that found that 45% of critical care physicians and 25%-33%...Read More »
A new study has found that incorporating error tracking with checklists can give a more accurate determination of a trainee surgeon’s skill level...Read More »
