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Perspective: Talking Regulatory Relief With Seema Verma
We know that every day America’s hospitals and health systems—and other health care providers—are faced with the daunting task of complying with a growing number of federal regulations.
How direct care nurses should handle succession planning
Also in this weekly roundup of nursing news: after nearly 60 years in the field, this nurse still loves her job; and new CNOs at Orange Regional Medical Center, Saint Thomas Health, and Twin Cities Community Hospital.
AHRMM director receives leadership award
The Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management yesterday presented its 2018 George R. Gossett Leadership Award to Deborah Sprindzunas, who has served as the association’s executive director for the past 20 years.
NASEM workshop on preventing medical product shortages in disasters
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will host a public workshop Sept. 5-6 on “Medical Product Shortages during Disasters: Opportunities to Predict, Prevent and Respond.”
CMS conference call tomorrow on federal opioid strategy
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host an Aug. 15 Special Open Door Forum on federal strategies to address the opioid epidemic.
AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative shares effective violence prevention strategies
AHA Board Member Claire Zangerle, RN, chief nurse executive at Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, moderated a dynamic panel at last month’s AHA Leadership Summit that discussed effective violence prevention strategies and program development.
Study: Value-based EHR alerts can lower costs, complications
Embedding certain decision support alerts into hospital electronic health records can lower costs, readmissions and complications for patients, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Managed Care.
AHRQ releases opioid management toolkit for primary care providers
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released an online toolkit to help primary care practices improve care for patients taking opioids for chronic pain.
Report examines health information exchange by physicians
Referrals, laboratory results, imaging reports and medication lists were the most common types of patient health information electronically exchanged by office-based physicians in 2015.
CMS announces Next Generation ACO benefit enhancement
Beginning in January, Medicare will pay for certain care management home visits under the Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model.