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Testimony of the American Hospital Association before the Standards Subcommittee of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: “Industry implementation of updated and new HIPAA Standards and Code Sets X12 Version 5010, NCPDP Version D.0, NCPDP Version 3.0 and ICD-10” (June 17, 2011…
In 2012, CPI focused on approaches to managing life in the gap —the transition period between the first-curve and second-curve economic markets, specifically in advanced illness management (AIM).
The Community Guide is a resource for evidence-based task force recommendations and findings about what works to improve public health. The Community Guide is a resource with a scientific systematic review process and answers questions critical to almost everyone interested in community health and…
Today, Medicare covers more than 48 million people, and that number is growing rapidlybaby boomers are reaching the eligibility age of 65 at the rate of 10,000 a day.1 Medicare patients exhibit a growing prevalence of chronic conditions and risk factors for these conditions, such as obesity. This…
43,750: That's the number of fall injuries the CMS Partnership for Patients campaign estimates would be prevented over three years if hospitals cut preventable fall injuries by 50% in 2013. Essentia Health in Fargo, N.D., aims to decrease preventable falls in its cardiac telemetry unit by 25% by…
The conclusion of H&HN's yearlong series on hospital, community and national efforts to identify and better treat high utilizers of care takes an inside look at one hospital's efforts to reach this critical patient population.
What a difference three years of focusing on performance improvement can make! In 2009, metrics at Research Psychiatric Center in Kansas City, Mo., showed high rates for falls and use of restraints and low rates for employee and patient satisfaction. RPC adopted the Baldrige performance excellence…