Quality & Patient Safety
Hospitals and health systems have made substantial advances in improving care quality over the past decade and patients have reported more favorable experiences with their hospitals.
Hospitals and health systems use quality measurement, quality improvement (QI) and adoption of hospital field standards and best practices to continuously improve patient care. Public policies around quality — especially the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) quality reporting and…
Hospitals reduced abdominal hysterectomy surgical site infections by 13 percent and central line-associated bloodstream infections by 11 percent in 2016, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights recently announced settlements that serve as a reminder to hospitals about the importance of obtaining patients’ authorization before inviting film crews on premises where filming could potentially disclose patients’ protected…
More than 40 groups, led by the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine, yesterday launched a campaign to improve the quality of medical diagnoses.
Also in this roundup of health care news: Hospitals step up the war on superbugs; how medical schools try to help doctors understand patients in poverty; and copycat comments, unwitting patients become part of federal rulemaking process.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar yesterday declared public health emergencies in North and South Carolina as Hurricane Florence approaches, and waived or modified certain Medicare, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program requirements to give health care providers and suppliers…
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General yesterday recommended the Food and Drug Administration take additional steps to integrate cybersecurity into its premarket review process for medical devices