Quality & Patient Safety
Final Rule with Comment: CLIA Enforcement Changes and Federally Qualified Health Center PPS
To advance the hospital fields progress in meeting the Institute of Medicines Six Aims: care that is safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely and patient-centered, the AHA Board of Trustees has urged the association to make three Strategic Performance Commitments (SPCs) for 2014-2016.
On March 18, a National Quality Forum expert panel released draft recommendations for adjusting health care performance measures to account for sociodemographic factors, such as education, race/ethnicity and/or homelessness. AHA members have the opportunity to submit comments to NQF on the draft…
In recent months, hospitals and health care systems have experienced shortages of normal saline and other intravenous (IV) fluids that are critical to patient care.
Providing world-class quality health care may seem an audacious goal for a small or rural hospital. At Maury Regional Medical Center, in Columbia, Tenn., leadership, physicians and front-line staff have worked many years to do just that—provide the best possible service and outcomes for patients.…